Chapter 946: Cost Reduction (Part 1)

"Uncle Bai, that's a personal gift from me to my senior sister." Guo Tailai didn't hide anything, and said it directly: "A custom-made sniper rifle. I asked my superiors for instructions, and Uncle Liu must know."

General Liu nodded beside him. He is the top leader of the base. Zhao Yanyan had sent a report to him at that time, and the report was specially approved after he discussed with the general assembly. Leader Bai is not in charge of these things, so he didn't know about it before.

Guo Tailai gave Zhao Yanyan a famous sniper rifle. Everyone has heard of the reputation of that sniper rifle, but no one has seen it. No way, more than 90,000 dollars a piece, who in China can afford it? However, after Guo Tailai made it and tried it out at the base, he could still learn a lot. At least study it, and learn more about technology, right?

Based on this consideration, even if Guo Tailai stated clearly that this was a personal gift for Zhao Yanyan, he still got special permission. This is also due to the special nature of this force, which was born to verify various weapon systems, even if it is for researching technology, such an opportunity cannot be missed.

"Xiao Zhao, can you take a look?" Since Guo Tai said it was a personal gift for Zhao Yanyan, Head Bai immediately turned to Zhao Yanyan and asked.

Can Zhao Yanyan not give Captain Bai face? Of course I nodded. So, after everyone had breakfast, Captain Bai went to the shooting range excitedly. General Liu was not on duty today, but he was afraid of Guo Tailai's drinking, so he went to the shooting range together in the name of being on duty.

Opening the small box, what everyone saw were exquisite parts that looked like works of art. Guo Tailai was also polite, picked them up and explained them to everyone one by one, and then assembled them neatly.

This gun is claimed to be the original blueprint found by Mr. Gu Lian, plus it was carefully crafted by Guo Tailai for Will's collection. Although there is no such thing as Mr. Gu Lian's one with the family crest engraved on it and various decorative patterns, it looks graceful and luxurious, but the titanium alloy body and the highest precision are made of the ultimate boutique, and everyone is attracted at a glance.

Don't look at anything else, just look at Guo Tailai's cautious movements. When Guo Tailai introduced the parts and assembly to everyone, he actually wore a pair of plastic heat-resistant gloves. Others may not know what this means, but how can Zhao Yanyan not know? From the beginning to the end, the small box was carried vertically, and the handle was designed like this, which must be to avoid deformation of the barrel to the greatest extent.

General Liu and Captain Bai frowned as they watched. Can such a weapon that needs to be handled with care be used on the battlefield?

"Sorry!" Guo Tailai seemed to have seen through their thoughts, and explained: "Professional habits, usually making high-precision parts, you have to be more careful in preservation, and I also habitually treat these parts lightly, you are normal Use it, don't worry about me."

It turned out that this was the case, and everyone was relieved. Seeing that Guo Tailai gave the gun to the senior sister, Zhao Yanyan held it in his hand and observed for a while, but he didn't use it first, and handed it to General Liu next to him. After reading it, General Liu gave it to Commander Bai. After everyone looked around, they pressed the prepared bullets in and started to test the gun.

It has to be said that this gun of the Germans was originally designed according to the requirements of the Olympic shooting champion, and the shooting accuracy is so high that it is outrageous. Although Captain Bai was not a professional sniper, within 300 meters, this gun could easily hit wherever he pointed, and it was absolutely accurate. Especially the continuous hair design, it is hard to put it down.

Zhao Yanyan is mostly a professional sniper. In fact, after Guo Tailai strengthened her senior sister's eyesight and muscles and tendons, Zhao Yanyan's static target shooting skill is by no means inferior to any professional sniper. The farthest target of 1,000 meters, after several times of zeroing adjustments, Zhao Yanyan can hit a volleyball with six bullets in a magazine.

It is conceivable that if the bullets are also carefully customized by Guo Tailai, the accuracy can be even higher.

Good stuff! This is what everyone thinks in their hearts. If the army can equip such a powerful sniper rifle, wouldn't it be...

"Fatty, does this gun really cost close to one hundred thousand dollars?" General Liu couldn't help asking Guo Tailai as he watched a professional sniper in the army test the gun.

"In fact, people have rumored that the price of this gun is expensive, mainly for these reasons." Guo Tailai understood what General Liu meant, and without thinking too much, he quickly replied: "One is a technical patent, and this one is indeed real money. It’s not a small part of the cost to put in a lot of effort to design it.”

Everyone is nodding, needless to say, what is the output without investment? This part is a big cost, not surprisingly.

"The other thing is materials and processing." Guo Tailai continued: "Those guns that survive are basically the same as mine, but they are actually handmade by senior engineers one by one. Large-scale equipment is inherently unrealistic. Handcrafted, Of course the cost is high."

Needless to say, everyone knows this. You don't need to look far, just look at the price Guo Tailai is selling now.

"The other one is not the reason for this." Guo Tailai smiled and said the third reason: "The stock is small and the scarcity is high, which is also one of the reasons why the price of this gun remains high. "

Rare things are more expensive, and if there are fewer things, they will naturally sell more expensively. Everyone understands this truth and nods frequently.

"If we try to produce now..." Guo Tailai first analyzed the reasons for the high price, and then began to talk about the real production cost: "In terms of patents, it has almost reached 20 years, and the protection period will soon expire. The purchase price may not be too high. In terms of materials and processing, after all, they were produced successively from 1982 to 1988, but more than ten years have passed since now. After so many years of development of our domestic materials, the cost has been greatly reduced. In addition, processing technology has also been greatly developed, which can also reduce a lot of costs.”

Hearing what Guo Tailai said, everyone was looking forward to it. If the cost can be reduced to a certain level, then maybe a part of it can be equipped.

"Generally speaking, self-production does not consider scarcity, but only materials and processing can reduce the cost a lot." Guo Tailai said truthfully: "But the precision is here, no matter how low it is, it cannot be low to a certain extent. I estimate that it should be possible to reduce it to more than 100,000 RMB per unit. But the high-precision scope is another cost. Although there is LODTM now, the cost will not be greatly reduced.”

From one hundred thousand US dollars to hundreds of thousands of RMB, even if the scope is doubled or tripled, the overall cost will not exceed three to forty thousand US dollars. It can be said that it has been reduced a lot. But the price is still very high, which makes people in the military feel distressed.