It would be in the documentation... i can't remember specifically.
To get the contract, they have to meet certain specifications and those are where you will find the tolerances. Its in that packet.
And generally, everything for The US military is Mil-spec (military specification).
Whereas, auto makers have gone to a labelling system.
Lets say you have a crankshaft that is supposed to be 1.5000"
So, what they do is machine it so it should be close, then measure it, and stamp it
A = 1.4800
B = 1.4900
C = 1.5000
D = 1.5100
E = 1.5200
Then you put all the A parts into one engine, and all the B parts in another engine.
The parts being the crankshaft, the bearing and the pillow blocks.
But, if you have A parts, you cannot drop in an E part.
The same is done with commercial fire arms.
looks like the milspec version of the 700 in .300 Win Mag is like $1100
Did you include the govern-cement contractor large order discount?
That usually only doubles or triples the cost. :-p
exactamundo! Always charge triple for institutional clients. I worked for a guy one time who would always win his bids for redoing these summer camps by merely doubling his normal rate instead of tripling it.
To some degree it makes sense, you are going to probably end up doing a lot more paperwork and waiting and jumping through random hoops when dealing with the government so you will incur additional costs.