My AR SBR Build-in-Progress

[lovemachine]

If you have a machine gun stamp, you don't need an SBR stamp.

So a 10.5" M16 with suppressor would only require 2 stamps-- 1 for the MG and 1 for the can.

Really? That's it?

So for the entire time I was shooting that SBR at NFA day, I was disappointed because I knew I could never afford one. And now you 2 are saying I was wrong.

I gotta talk to my wife now...

 

[revsaxon]

Really? That's it?
I gotta talk to my wife now...

Its better to seek forgiveness than ask for permission....

 

[esrice]

Its better to seek forgiveness than ask for permission....

Amen.

 

[esrice]

Really? That's it?

There's nothing inherently more expensive about building an SBR over a 16"+ gun, other than the fact that you have to pay the .gov a $200 tax for the "privilege".

 

[lovemachine]

I'm still a newly wed. I have a lot to learn

 

[revsaxon]

I'm still a newly wed. I have a lot to learn

Hahaha. Then maybe you shouldn't be taking advise from a never-wed

 

[curraheeguns]

There's nothing inherently more expensive about building an SBR over a 16"+ gun, other than the fact that you have to pay the .gov a $200 tax for the "privilege".

+1

This is a good time to remind people that the resale on SBR's sucks!!

 

[revsaxon]

+1

This is a good time to remind people that the resale on SBR's sucks!!

Why is that?

 

[curraheeguns]

Why is that?

Because you already have $200 in it more then it was worth new, then the new buyer wants to give you used price on that because he has to pay another $200 to boot. It's a vicious cycle.

When you are buying a $15,000 machinegun it is easy to swallow. When you are buying a $800 SBR it is a much bigger deal.

 

[shooter521]

Because you already have $200 in it more then it was worth new, then the new buyer wants to give you used price on that because he has to pay another $200 to boot. It's a vicious cycle.

To say nothing of the fact that most folks aren't going to want to buy a gun with somebody else's name engraved on it.

As long as we're on the subject, resale on suppressors sucks, too.

 

[loony1]

To say nothing of the fact that most folks aren't going to want to buy a gun with somebody else's name engraved on it.

As long as we're on the subject, resale on suppressors sucks, too.

lmao...so true

 

[lovemachine]

I know what my next gun is gonna be now

I was so happy last night, after reading that.

 

[curraheeguns]

To say nothing of the fact that most folks aren't going to want to buy a gun with somebody else's name engraved on it.

As long as we're on the subject, resale on suppressors sucks, too.

+1 on used suppressors for the same reasons.

With the name engraving, thats why I sell and suggest factory SBR's.

 

[ZbornacSVT]

If I get my choice, I will never sell anything that I put a stamp on....

 

[mjrducky]

If I get my choice, I will never sell anything that I put a stamp on....

Right there with you. Hopefully it's mine for life unless I find something better. Also a reason I put the engraving on the front magwell. That way I and the person that eventually were to buy it doesn't have to see it.

 

[RobbLG]

If you were to sell it... The new buyer would have to pay $200 for a stamp and have their information engraved on it? If so, a lower could get cluttered changing hands a few times...

 

[mjrducky]

Once an SBR you dont have to have it engraved anymore. The 200 would just be to transfer it to the buyer on a form 4. Not another form 1.

 

[esrice]

Update

Good news-- my SBR-building fund has freed up, and its bigger than I first budgeted.

Bad news-- now that I've got the $$, the decision-making process is tough!

Part of me wants to build this as an all-Spike's SBR, including the use of their new SAR rail. I've been in talks with them and their upper prices can't be beat. This would be a 10.5" standard barrel with 10" rail.

But another part of me says that since I've got the money to do it, go ahead and get my "first love", a BCM 11.5" BFH with 11.0 LaRue rail. It's a couple hundred dollars more, but I'd get a BFH barrel and the reliability and performance of their 11.5" upper, which are important factors for me. As this will become my main 'go-to' gun, I need something that will last.

As I tend to do, perhaps I am over-thinking it. I think I need to back up a bit, and start over from scratch, especially given the increased budget.

So I'll ask you fine INGOers, what would YOU do with $1800 and a Spike's stripped lower? I've already got optics and peripherals, so this can all be spent on just the rifle.

Here are the parameters:

• 11.5" or 10.5" barrel length
• Low profile gas block
• 10" or 11" rail (extra credit if the rail has QD sockets and/or a continuous upper rail)
• Full-auto BCG
• CTR stock

Are there any factory SBR options I should be exploring?

 

[jblomenberg16]

I'd go for the BCM. If you were wanting the upper / lower to match by all Spikes, one option would be to trade off the lower if you haven't already gotten it engraved.

 

[mjrducky]

How about a LMT 10.5" with a 10" Daniel Defense Lite Rail

LMT has the FA BCG.