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Posted: 1/23/2010 8:41:01 PM EDT
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| I understand the ? I have seen complete rifle kits new and used. I have only seen used parts kit for factory shotguns at auction sights and such. There are sights that promote excellent builds if you have the abilitys and the machinery. As far as 80% rec. no sir not yet but I am looking to start up a bussines so who knows. Check out builder guild |
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Winchester 1300 parts kit - $200
You'll need to acquire a receiver; either a donor or a find blueprints to mill your own. I've never seen anyone who sells 80% blanks for shotguns, and finding bare receivers is hard enough (and finding a "virgin" receiver is even harder). Like here is a Mossberg 500 stripped receiver, but there's not the available parts kits like ARs. An 870 receiver direct from Remington runs about $240; you can pick up a complete used 870 for less. Sure, some receivers show up on GunBroker from time to time, but unless you've acquired the extra small parts sitting around, it's not worth the cost to put it together. So even if you pursue this route, it will NOT be more cost effective than just buying a shotgun. |
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Thanks Cos....I think I understand after reading your post that the guy wants to build a shotgun from parts. I had no idea what that 80% mess is about and still don't.
To the OP.......building a shotgun off the parts list will cost your more then Double what a new weapon would cost you. For example: A factory new Stripped Remington Express receiver is $247......that is just the recieve, no trigger plate assembly or breech bolt, nothing........ Man you can buy a new 870 Express complete for less then $300 about anywhere...... You are barking up the wrong tree here. |
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I had no idea what that 80% mess is about and still don't. J.D.- 80% means a firearm component that is not a completed firearm per federal definition. The ATF classifies any firearm that is over 80% complete must be transferred via a FFL dealer, so if you have a template that is 80% or less complete it is not a firearm as it is only partially completed. For instance- Gunbroker auction - 80% AR-15 rifle 80% AR-10 receiver 80% Ruger 10/22 receiver 0% AR-15 receiver 80% AK-47 receiver The thought is that the end user completes the final machine work themselves, so the item is not transferred via FFL so it's a firearm that's not "on the grid" so big brother doesn't know you have it. A number of machinists also like to "build" the firearm themselves, so they don't just assemble a firearm from completed parts, but have the satisfaction of knowing it was completed under their own efforts. Once the receiver is complete, they can just drop in the rest of their firearm parts to complete the firearm. Does this make a little more sense? |
| I built an 870 on a stripped Wingmaster receiver I bought off GunBroker for $60. I already had the stocks and trigger assy, and it still cost $120 for the barrel, about $80 for the complete bolt assembly with slide. Foreend tube was about $20, and I put a Wilson Combat magazine tube extension on it, which costs about $45. Plus some other small parts, like the trigger pins. It woulda been cheaper to buy an Express for $269 that I've seen it advertised for at various box stores. |
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