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    You’re also going to need to destroy the flash suppressor if you want to replace the forearm. I think I would either part it out or replace the A2 upper with a flat top.

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    Honestly put, with the market already over-saturated with remorse buyers and brand-new guns at less-than-cost prices, you're not going to move it for $1,000.

    As others have said, it's used, it's a franken-gun, it has a perma-pinned suppressor mount, and it lacks a flat-top - virtually everything is a deal killer for the average buyer. The light is the one good thing going for it.

    Sell the light and the AR separately. Ask $500 for the rifle if you want to move it. Sell the light for whatever you think is fair - I'm thinking $350 - $450. You'll end up close to your original asking price without pigeonholing yourself into appealing to a relatively small group of buyers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skyyr View Post

    Sell the light and the AR separately. Ask $500 for the rifle if you want to move it. Sell the light for whatever you think is fair - I'm thinking $350 - $450. You'll end up close to your original asking price without pigeonholing yourself into appealing to a relatively small group of buyers.
    I agree with the above. Only thing I would add is sell the light on a forum dedicated to AR-15s, like here, and sell the carbine on a regional forum from wherever you are.

    Often AR-15's will go for a bit higher price on the small regional forums than on the bigger forums.

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    Sell the light and the gun seperately and make more than $1000.

    If the light is worth $3-400 and the gun is worth at least $650, then it shouldn't be hard to do that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ASH556 View Post
    So I put this rifle up for sale on TOS and on consignment at work, and it's been a month with no bites. Am I priced too high? ($1000)
    There are NIB Colt 6520s out there for $900. So the average buyer is going to look at that number and go for the new one. Perhaps you will find a buyer who is looking for exactly the setup that you have, but probably not. My experience is that a used gun goes for 25% to 40% less than a new one. And on custom modifications, you may not get back a single penny. My guess is that your gun would move at $750, based on our local market here.

    Should I even sell this and re-configure, or do I just need to practice more with what I've got.
    If you want something new, just go out and buy it. If you are not having fun with the rifle you are currently using, then it needs to be replaced. That burning yearning that each of us feels for something new from time to time must be addressed.

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    Installing a rail on it is a bad idea, as you'd have to destroy the flash hider to get it off. If you absolutely positively decide you want to go the rail route, simply buy a DD Omega and then you won't have to make any modifications to the host weapon, and you'll have a stable enough platform to install an optic.

    That being said, I don't understand why a person would want to spend $150-$300 on a free-float rail to mount an optic when you can simply buy a new flat-top upper receiver from Bravo Company for $90.

    You should do pretty much what everybody else recommended... sell the light and gun separately.

    If it was me, I'd sell the light and the upper receiver assembly separately and keep the lower. With the money from those sales, I'd buy a complete upper receiver assembly from Bravo Company, Daniel Defense, or Noveske, and then buy whatever trigger and stock I wanted and install them on the existing lower.

    P.S. What were you going to swap out on the weapon that would add up to the $2000 or so cost for a KAC SR-15?
    Last edited by justin_247; 11-11-10 at 11:11. Reason: Spelling error... and added a paragraph at the end.

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    Can you separate the flashlight from the forearm? If so, why not just keep the flashlight?
    Last edited by 500grains; 11-11-10 at 11:57.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 500grains View Post
    Why not keep the light for your new gun?
    I suppose it is because the light is bigger than the carbine.

    Cam

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    Quote Originally Posted by justin_247 View Post
    P.S. What were you going to swap out on the weapon that would add up to the $2000 or so cost for a KAC SR-15?
    Addition List:
    Flat top: $95
    Geissele S3G: $230
    Sopmod: $265
    LP Gas Block (or shave/refinish current): $25
    Rail: $300
    Troy Sights: $200

    Total: $865

    KAC: $1900
    Less sale of current weapon$1000)
    Total: $900

    = $35 difference

    I guess the biggest take-away from this exercise is what an increadible value the KAC IWS is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cameron View Post
    I suppose it is because the light is bigger than the carbine.

    Cam
    The changing trends are humorous to me. 5 years ago when I built this, more light was better and people would mock you for having a "pistol light" (read Surefire X300) on your rifle. Technology and mindset have changed.

    Another example of this is the MBUS sights:
    Stage 1: ARMS #40 is awesome
    Stage 2: ARMS #40 sux 'cause it doesn't lock up, but Troy is awesome 'cause it does
    Stage 3: MBUS (plastic version of ARMS 40 basically) is awesome!

    Oh well.

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