These kits have been out a little while now. Does anyone have one of these completed yet? If so, please share the details.

I'm looking for info on these kits as well. In fact I haven't bought one yet.

I've been looking at the M85 kits to use the NATO ammo. It would be my first build ever, although I'm handy around a machine shop. I'm just not familiar with building firearms.

I do have my own two bay garage with a 20-ton press and welding equipment to work with, so I'm not starting empty handed or skill-less.

Thanks for the advice. Actually I've almost convinced myself of that already. Just because it's no more complicated than most automotive systems - in theory at least - doesn't mean it's the same thing. Having one to take apart would probably be more helpful than anything else, but that's expensive too.

I do all my own work on my bolt action, lever action, and handguns. So I'm not totally out to lunch with firearms. But the concepts of a gas cylinder operating the bolt aren't quite the same as the power steering cylinders. It may still be a piston in a cylinder, but it's different in more ways than one.

Original barrel kits are going for $350 on the forums. They'll just keep going up so long as the barrel ban is in effect, so don't expect prices to go down. If you want some experience on working with a virgin kit you could pick up a Romy barrelless kit and get a virgin barrel to build. Barrelless kits are about $175 and a virgin barrel is $100 or so.

I had my kits for three months, the thing is the recever , Nodak just shipped out the recevier out, so I THINK you will see some kits getting made, I know my will be sent to the builder soon.