Quoted: Hell a rifle with a sear block is less desireable to me not because I want to make an MG out of it, it is less desireable because it represents Colt kissing ass and putting extra junk in their rifle the other manufacturers don't seem to feel the need to. See how it appeased the gun-banners? They all went away after Colt started putting those damn things in. Right.
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I see. So this is a philosophical objection; there is no rarity of Colt HBARs without sear blocks?
Sear blocked guns have absolutely no value to me. When someone trys to sell me one at a gun show I just explain why they are of no interest to me and move them along to a more civilized dealer.
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And that explanation is???? The value of the pre-ban as I understand it is the ability to own a weapon in the original AR configuration. Of course, I admit that flash hiders and muzzle brakes on a .223 are dubious attributes.
While some folks object to a sear block simply on the principle (as noted above), the rifle is still a Colt pre-ban. And, with some difficulty, the sear block can be removed.
Some buyers might try to work the price down by moaning about the sear block. However, if you keep looking around, you should be able to find a buyer who doesn’t really care that it has one.
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That was my feeling. It seems objections to the sear block boil down to two areas: personal objection to Colt's practices, and increased difficulty in adding M16 fire control parts.
Thanks for the input, everyone. I'm a little leery right now of buyers who question the sear block. I posted this thing on GunsAmerica and damned, call the exterminator, cuz all kinds of roaches done crawled out of the woodwork. Big Mistake.
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