$2000. for my first in 1994. Colt Match Heavy Barrel...
nothing over $700 for the next 3...
$2000. for my first in 1994. Colt Match Heavy Barrel...
nothing over $700 for the next 3...
Still have the receipt...$699.00 for a NIB Colt HBAR A2 in 1987.
$1000 less than my optic.
I'm learning that the rifle is just a platform to support the glass.
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1999, Armalite M15A2 NM. $1250. Still have it, plan on shooting some across the course this year. I have been shooting too much prone MR and LR.
1977 I paid $241 for a new Colt SP1 AR-15. I had a friend wth an FFL and he charged me dealer price and did not make a penny. I still have the rifle.
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I just finished my build and I have about $950 into it.It would have been more,but I traded some M1 parts off too.
Just bought a Colt SP AR15 A2 preban for $1100, and sold an Eagle Arms EA15 M4 preban for $1300. I only want one black gun and the Colt is it. Just added a period Colt 3x20 scope to it, looks very military. There are a lot of crazy prices out there right now but I expect them to level off once folks understand the world is not coming to and end.
Bought a S&W M&P15 about two years ago. $850 shipped, including a rebate for 6 30 rd. Magpul magazines. Love to shoot it.
"We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
--C.S. Lewis
Paid $295 in 1980 for a Colt SP1 and, except for a lower receiver, all the parts needed to build another. Then bought a Palmento lower for $100 and sold the completed rifle for $400. I still have the Colt, others have come and gone. There are two in the safe that I built up for High Power Rifle on Bushmaster lower receivers and Armilite heavy barrels with 1 in 8 twist.
You can never see too many Sun Rises nor enough Sun Sets.
I built most of my ARs for between $500 and $600. That was from 2007 to 2011. This one cost quite a bit more to assemble.
Colt 601 clone. All 601 except the barrel(which is as hard to find as a decent SPG Garand stock)and of course lower receiver.
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