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Posted: 10/7/2007 7:08:30 PM EDT
$365 - Complete Upper/BCG/Charging Handle
$50 - Collapsible Buttstock Kit $44 - Lower Parts Kit $135 - RRA Receiver $594 total  If I wanted to do it all over again for even cheaper... $325 - Complete Upper/BCG/Charging Handle $50 - Collapsible Buttstock Kit (probably could find cheaper) $44 - Lower Parts Kit $77 - Essential Arms Stripped Receiver $496 total  Under $500!!!I'll post pictures when the upper arrives  _MaH |
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Posted: 10/7/2007 7:53:00 PM EDT
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where did u buy the upper that cheap can u provide a link as i am in the market for a upper right now...thanks
trevor |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 2:32:52 AM EDT
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That's great but names of products used would be helpful to everyone here.
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Posted: 10/8/2007 2:50:13 AM EDT
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I would like to see a pic when done
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Posted: 10/8/2007 3:26:15 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/8/2007 5:06:03 AM EDT
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ooooooo now that's nice! Okay, as to the questions about where I got everything -- Upper/BCG/CH -> Del-Ton Buttstock Kit -> Del-Ton Receiver -> RRA (Local FFL) LPK -> Brownells Hint: Working for an FFL definitely helps _MaH |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 5:23:07 AM EDT
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Bah!! A mad sailor on shore leave!! Got a Bushmaster 20" A3 upper with BCG and CH for $310 shipped. Have another complete carbine upper which just may be a BM enroute for $310 shipped. Wondering about the $44 LPK, too low and you go Chinese. I even question the $50 DPMS set, Standing by the CMT kit that GTS provides with free shipping for $68, making it the same cost as CMMG's with shipping. 50 bucks is very doable for a telestock assembly in RRA or CMT and A2 stocks at 35 bucks shipped. I'm eyeing the EA lowers as well. My 20" A3 will come in at $504 to include shipping on the EA and a FFL transfer, at $480 if I can get the lower local.  The carbine will be $519 with shipped EA, $495 if locally procurred. The holy grail is to get BM lowers at about 200 bucks with LPK and stock. |
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Posted: 10/8/2007 2:47:12 PM EDT
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I built an SP1 type rifle for around $300. But i most likely could not do it again.
And it was from used parts all used excepet the lower recivier and LPK. 
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Posted: 10/8/2007 3:45:16 PM EDT
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I seem to be having success with getting gently used, a little more than test fire and break in round counts.
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Posted: 10/8/2007 5:07:47 PM EDT
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How do you get free shipping? I kept this beauty under $500. 
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Posted: 10/8/2007 5:13:11 PM EDT
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M16A1 projects are the key to high quality, low cost builds. CMMG LPK Stag Lower Colt for the rest. Total cost $596 
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Posted: 10/10/2007 8:50:17 AM EDT
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Mine initially cost <$520 before I customized it.
I got the kit from www.akpartskits.com $389 The lower from Steve Winstead on Gunbroker.com $105.50 The a mag from www.copesdist.com. $18 (I already had mags which I didn't have to pay for) I replaced the forend furniture with cheaperthandirt's quadrail (for airsoft). Threw on a Barska red dot from Cabelas. Despite originally thinking I would use telescopic sights I got a removable carry handle (honestly don't remember where). An airsoft grippod from eBay A $5 LED light from 7/11 and mounted it to the quadrail using an old weaver ring I had sitting around. Now it looks mean and nasty, but did not cost me as much as a standard RockRiver from the best priced dealer here. |
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Posted: 10/10/2007 9:37:17 AM EDT
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www.akpartskits.com = Blackthorne Products
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Posted: 10/10/2007 9:43:15 AM EDT
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The rest of it came yesterday, and has since been assembled! No pictures - yet. Let me get home from work, first.
Specs: - 16" Heavy Barrel with Chrome-lined bore and 5.56 NATO chamber @ 1/9 twist rate - A2 Flash Hider - A2 Front Sight Post - Carbine length, "standard" handguards - A3 Flat-Top upper receiver with T-marks - Forward Assist Assembly - 6 Position Collapsible Buttstock - DPMS Lower Parts Kit - Rock River Arms Lower Receiver So, in other words, my Franken-Rifle is a mix of Del-Ton (complete upper & buttstock), Rock River Arms (receiver), and DPMS (LPK).     (The $596 cost does not include the cost of magazines, sling, ammo or EOTech) _MaH |
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Posted: 10/10/2007 9:56:36 AM EDT
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here's my cheapest build:
Stag 2H kit shipped ... $630 Stag Lower ... $95 Colt Carry Handle ... $0 (sold) ARMS #40 ... $95 basically the ARMS #40 paid for my lower... so $630... then i added: Magpul CTR OD ... $90 (sold) M4 stock ... -$40 Magpul MIAD OD ... $30 (sold) pistol grip ... -$5 Magpul PMAG OD ... $17 (sold) 30rd Mag ... -$10 CavArms M4 HGs OD ... $20 (sold) M4 HGs ... -$20 BCM M16 BCG ... $130 (sold) CMT BCG ... -$130 $712 with the Magpul stuff...
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Posted: 10/10/2007 2:55:12 PM EDT
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that would definately work for me, Im doing a college student build (sacrificing food for guns, my taste buds are going to hate me, haha) Im looking at a 20" a2 style kit. the best deal Ive found on a lower is $85 shipped for a superior (and $25 for the FFL fee), as for the rest Im keeping my eyes out. Any tips to finding a good deal on a 20"? Besides the EE, I look there a few times a day |
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