Need some input...help

Alright everyone, so here I am....faced with a tough decision.

I posted my AR on armslist with no actual intent to sell it, just to see what kind of hits I got.

But now I have a guy with a serious, really quite good offer, I know that his offer is being promoted by the market value right now and the lack of availability of these types of firearms, and especially at the quality of which mine is.

Now, here is the thing....

After I built and shot my AR, I kinda wished that I had gone with a shorter barrel, to either a 14.5" and file NFA paperwork, or 14.5" with a pinned flash hider..

Everything else is perfect on it, I may change some cosmetic things...but otherwise, I really like my rifle..

So I KNOW I could Rebuild another one for the offer he is throwing out at me, but that was with the market doing what it was when I FIRST built mine...

So....now I have to decide, do I take the offer on my Used AR with 0% Depreciation and make a decent profit off it with the hope that an AWB wont pass and I could actually rebuild it some time later.....exactly how I want it now that I've learned.

OR.....do I risk an AWB passing and being out of my battle rifle...money is great....but I'd rather have my rifle in case shit really goes south.

Given the fact you may not be able to replace it. Nay

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Originally Posted by BPTactical

Given the fact you may not be able to replace it. Nay

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^ Yes... exactly what I was thinking.

Sell it- You can always rely on the Gov to protect you and your family if the SHTF! You won't need it..............

If it s the only one you have I would agree with bert.

if it is your only, then HELL NO!

Things really will go south; not a matter of 'if' but 'when'. I believe in the not so distant future. For what it's worth, what I have, I'm keeping.

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Originally Posted by two shoes

if it is your only, then HELL NO!

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This. The only guaranteed rifle that you have is the one that you possess.

Thanks guys, you're all really just confirming the line of thought I'm already on.

It unfortunately is my only one, I consolidated weapons and calipers down to 4 of my best quality guns. or the ones I had the most work into, I got tired of buying 10 different calibers of ammunition.

If it wasn't my only AR...then I might think less about it and see the numbers...

Really what I'm playing now is..........1) If I sell it and the ban doesn't pass, I'm patient man and can wait for the prices to go back to normal and build 2 guns for what I paid for one of them....

Or 2) If I sell it and the ban does pass, I'm out of my main battle right and now Im a cattle.......waiting for the sheep........you can only hold off with a Precision Rifle, Shotgun and Pistol for so long..

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Originally Posted by NightCat

Alright everyone, so here I am....faced with a tough decision.

I posted my AR on armslist with no actual intent to sell it...

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You lost me right there.

Generally I say No. However, If you have other means of security and defense, and you're really strapped for cash (or you're going to double your money), then sure. Go ahead. I'm considering selling one of mine, but not all of them.

So you are not liking the length of the barrel...

Build another upper, if it is going to be NFA, you still have a fully functioning rifle until the paperwork goes through and you can then put the NFA upper on your lower.

Barrels are still available, and relatively inexpensive compared to the rest of the parts. The only hard to find stuff at the moment is BCG and stripped uppers but they can be found reasonably. To that end for the cost of a standard BCG at the moment, you can pick up a nickel boron BCG that people seem to be ignoring.

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I just happen to have a 14.5" BM 1:9 cl bbl. it can be pinned to 16" if you want to do a swap pm me.

If you can replace the rifle you have now with the one you want, Today for the same price or cheaper then do it. However the chances of actually buying one for less than say $12-1500 isn't happening.

Thanks for the feedback everyone, I ended up declining the deal despite the guy offering me a little more.

@ Jim - If it were a 1:7 barrel I'd be all over it man. I shoot 62gr.

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2 is 1 and 1 is none. So none would be -1 right?