Battle mug - this is a joke right

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Battle mug - this is a joke right

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http://www.opticsplanet.net/opmod-battle-mug.html

notice the price!!!!!!
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It's no joke. Someone else brought these to the board's attention a short time ago. I went and read about them and i found out that the mug itself is CNC milled from a solid billet to get the mug. Seems like a lot of wasted aluminum just for an empty space. Heck, it'd be a lot cheaper to take the appropriate sized tube, cut some threads into one end, mill an endcap with O-ring installed, then assemble into a mug. Add handles, and all the rails your little heart desires and your done.

But then, who wants to drink really hot coffee out of an aluminum mug?
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tfbncc wrote:
But then, who wants to drink really hot coffee out of an aluminum mug?
MALL NINJAS.

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224 BUCKS?!

But, It's made in America! And, um, free shipping. :roll:
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We've talked about it before.

The Guncounter Song was also created in that thread.
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tfbncc wrote:Heck, it'd be a lot cheaper to take the appropriate sized tube, cut some threads into one end, mill an endcap with O-ring installed, then assemble into a mug.
I wouldn't even do that - machine a plug, TIG weld in place, then machine the weld bead down. Hell, if you go to multipiece construction, you could make it using vacuum insulation.
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For that kind of money I expect for them to include a sporty English Gentleman's shooting vest (tac'd up with Molle' strips of course).
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Great googly moogly, where will it all end ?

I bet they are popular with the ARFCOM [strike]mall ninjas[/strike] membership :D
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WTF was my first thought. (But then I have a different idea on class and status issues :lol: .)
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At first I had no idea what it was. Then I thought "mug" was an acronym for something and I thought about that revolving 4 sided picatinny rail system. I spent a few seconds trying to figure out the acronym for that dealing with "mug".

Then I just read the description and was horrified.
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