Originally Posted by
rjacobs
I still say it doesnt matter in the overall pricing scheme as long as its priced accordingly. Maybe it being a frankenAR to joe schmoes who dont know shit about AR's and think an Oly or Model 1 sales AR is the best thing on the market, but most guys who know a little about AR's, it dont matter at all. Only thing I CONSTANTLY(including this thread) see with "frankenAR's" is that people VASTLY over estimate the guns worth. Like you say with a factory gun, its easy to see what it sold for new, if it has any accessories, what the round count is, etc... and you can come up with a ball park. When a guy builds an AR he thinks his build is the best thing ever and then acts accordingly on the price. This generally means the person who built it over prices the shit out of it(like the above example thinking this gun is worth $2k as it sits).
If I see a gun that somebody is selling and they list all the parts it has, I can generally come up with a ball park figure. It doesnt scare me to buy a "frankenAR" since I have built plenty of them. But if a guy said "well I dont know what barrel, what BCG, what LPK, what this what that, etc..." or tells me he "got it all form Model 1 sales" and then wants $2k, im going to laugh at him. Give me a parts list and a round count and ill give you a price.
The OP gave a parts list, its overall good parts. I could do without that hand guard as I am not a fan of them and the less than stellar optic, but besides that I dont think its a bad gun and would give an appropriate price for it. 2k gun it aint. I would give him maybe 1200 for it and be comfortable at that price.
I have seen factory guns over priced as hell too, doesnt mean they are worth it either. I dont pay inflated prices for AR's, especially not right now.
Back to the OP: if you took this on trade for something worth more than 1200, I would hang on to the gun until the market gets better(and you know it will sooner or later).