Trade in your "built" AR?

[Tallinthesaddle]

Has anyone out there ever traded-in your AR that you built? I have a DPMS that started out as a bare lower receiver and I installed a lower parts kit and a 20" DPMS complete upper (carry handle installed with front sight tower). This was not the first one that I had ever built. I also fired approximately 75 rounds through it while sighting it in and target shooting without one misfire. I have been looking at an HK USP 45 Tactical at the range to trade it for, probably have to throw in some extra $$$.

[dicion]

Don't trade it in, you'll get less then you'd get from a private party sale more then likely.

Try posting it here (if your post count is high enough), and that other forum (*cough*AR15.com*cough*)

You may even be able to sell it for more by parting it out. If you had posted this like 3 days ago, I would probably have been interested in your BCG and CH :)
But I bought one from the interwebs wednesday.

I just built a RRA Lower, LMT 16" Upper, with BCM CH and BCG (Couldn't find any Young BCG's ANYWHERE in stock!), and Larue Quad rail :)
Most of it's still in the mail!

[tommy]

i agree, sell it locally, you get much more......deals lowball you

[RECIT]

It seems like the market just halted on AR15 stuff. I saw lots of SUB 1K rifles at the last gun show and in local for sale forums. If you have more than that into it I'm sorry to say unless it is something special you will probably not got over 1k sale or maybe $800 trade in. Good luck...

[Salty1]

I would suggest pricing it reasonable and walking around a gun show with it, a small sign on it would not hurt your cause. The "run" on AR's has gone down but people are still buying them, just not at the high prices we saw at election time.

[TDDude]

Make no mistake about this administration. They are as anti-gun as it gets. They will do something at some time that will make owning quality firearms difficult.

You can love them or hate them, but the NRA is one powerful group and thank God they are. Their lobbying efforts have paid off. Gun owners are on the phones and congress got the message.

However, the yahoos in the executive leadership will do everything they can to slip something in and it will probably be something besides actual legislation. I don't know what it might be but I'm sure those bozos will think of something.

Personally, I'm keeping the rifles I build. They are a long term investment of course but I also want to leave them for my children and grandchildren. My dads firearms are to me like grandmothers jewelry is to my wife. The value is in the family history, not the money.

[asleepatthereel]

Make no mistake about this administration. They are as anti-gun as it gets. They will do something at some time that will make owning quality firearms difficult.

You can love them or hate them, but the NRA is one powerful group and thank God they are. Their lobbying efforts have paid off. Gun owners are on the phones and congress got the message.

However, the yahoos in the executive leadership will do everything they can to slip something in and it will probably be something besides actual legislation. I don't know what it might be but I'm sure those bozos will think of something.

Personally, I'm keeping the rifles I build. They are a long term investment of course but I also want to leave them for my children and grandchildren. My dads firearms are to me like grandmothers jewelry is to my wife. The value is in the family history, not the money.

100%

[Isimanica]

You could always try Texas gun Trader website. To either sell or Trade.

[Chuck TX]

Sell it, don't trade it. You'll only cheat yourself out of money if you trade it.