Originally Posted by
Armadillo
I never wore out a rifle.
Having Noveske work on my rifles is a special thing to me. Just like many people treasure the rifles that John personally had a hand in making.
If I had a Porsche, I would only want a Porsche dealer touching it. I would not take it to the local garage on the corner.
I have read about one of the pins on the gas black is particularly tough for some folks.
I'd rather have a pro do it than mar the finish with a hammer.
The dealer was on GunBroker and was the only dealer with this upper in stock.
I don't want people to think he is a bad guy because he sold it to me for the market price.
I would be enlightened to know of dealers selling uppers for MSRP in this day and age.
I talked to Noveske and asked them to recommend stocking dealers and the man they told me about put my other uppers on order and there is a 9 month wait.
Considering that now the wait is 12 months, I sure would not blame a dealer for selling for a premium.
He is doing me a favor because if it were less it would have sold out. And, I would prefer to pay a premium and actually have it in hand rather than wait another year.
No dealer would sell for MSRP right now for something that was not spoken for.
If they did, the buyer would flip it for a nice profit.
If you happen to know any such dealers, I'd be happy to clean out there stock and flip them myself.