Can someone explain to me a $2,500 AR?

[Stopsign32v]

So 2 things are clear

1) There is a market for them
2) I don't get it

But I'm hoping that you guys can explain it to me. I was just looking at the Noveske thread below and sure they are ok I guess but I can't wrap my head around a $2,500 basic bones AR. My logic is, in a world endless possibilities from different lowers, uppers, barrels, rails, triggers, selectors, trigger guards, ejector ports, you name it. What is the point in buying an already built AR let alone one that cost $2,500+? I would rather put that $2,500 in a 2nd generation Colt SAA that will go up in value. I can never see a currently built $2,500 AR ever going UP in value.

The hell am I missing here?

[chamber143]

The same reason people buy a 100,000 dollar dodge trx when a 60,000 dollar laramie is a bad mother itself. It’s because someone wants a more refined finely tuned machine. Will the 1500 dollar ar run? Yes. But for people who have the money to spend and only want the best, then they spend it on stuff like a 2500 dollar Ar. Same argument on a 6000 dollar 1911. A 550 dollar Glock will put holes in stuff too, but it’s no where near as beautiful.

[utahjeepr]

One, I agree with you on a $2500 "basic" AR. I don't get it.

Two, I never thought I'd see AK prices like these either.

Three, I feel like the old guy talking about 10 cent gas. Thanks for that.

[Stopsign32v]

The same reason people buy a 100,000 dollar dodge trx when a 60,000 dollar laramie is a bad mother itself. It’s because someone wants a more refined finely tuned machine. Will the 1500 dollar ar run? Yes. But for people who have the money to spend and only want the best, then they spend it on stuff like a 2500 dollar Ar. Same argument on a 6000 dollar 1911. A 550 dollar Glock will put holes in stuff too, but it’s no where near as beautiful.

Well Dodge sucks so I can't really understand your comparison there. But I'm thinking you mean along the lines of "same reason people buy a Corvette ZR1 when a Corvette Grand Sport is still fast" and while ehhhhh that kinda makes sense, at the same time it doesn't. A PSA Saturday night special will go bang just as the same as a $2,500 Noveske will but a ZR1 is apples to bananas to a Grand Sport the second you lay into it. I think your logic would make more sense if someone paid $60,000 for a Camaro RS V6 instead of $20,000 for a Camaro V6 basic model.

[GH41]

I've got 3K+ in a rifle that really isn't exotic by any stretch. Just built with top shelf parts. It's not always about getting what you paid for as much as getting what you want when you want it.

[Alex V]

I’m sure there’s a KAC owner here that will be foaming at the mouth to explain it but I can’t either.

How about this analogy: Casio vs Rolex? Rolex vs Richard Mille?

[Renegade]

So 2 things are clear

1) There is a market for them
2) I don't get it

But I'm hoping that you guys can explain it to me. I was just looking at the Noveske thread below and sure they are ok I guess but I can't wrap my head around a $2,500 basic bones AR. My logic is, in a world endless possibilities from different lowers, uppers, barrels, rails, triggers, selectors, trigger guards, ejector ports, you name it. What is the point in buying an already built AR let alone one that cost $2,500+? I would rather put that $2,500 in a 2nd generation Colt SAA that will go up in value. I can never see a currently built $2,500 AR ever going UP in value.

The hell am I missing here?

What you are missing is lots of folks could give ZF if a gun goes UP in value, especially an S/A AR-15.

They see it, they want it, they buy it, done.

[okie]

I don't know about Noveske. If it's bare bones, that sounds pretty unreasonable. The only ARs that justify that kind of price are like the LMT and KAC where virtually every part is proprietary. Even then though it's incredibly hard to justify it from any practical perspective. It's pretty hard to beat an LE6920 for a grand or less.

[SteyrAUG]

I’m sure there’s a KAC owner here that will be foaming at the mouth to explain it but I can’t either.

How about this analogy: Casio vs Rolex? Rolex vs Richard Mille?

Some people are buying High Reliability / Performance and don't give a crap about collectibility. Pretty sure my Colts will manage anything I need and I'm not hunting Al Quida but I understand people who buy "best possible rifle" for their needs.

[Stopsign32v]

I don't know about Noveske. If it's bare bones, that sounds pretty unreasonable. The only ARs that justify that kind of price are like the LMT and KAC where virtually every part is proprietary. Even then though it's incredibly hard to justify it from any practical perspective. It's pretty hard to beat an LE6920 for a grand or less.

THAT I can at least begin to understand