Considering selling all the AR stuff.

I'm on AR #19....they're like bad pennies....

Build one, shoot it, get bored, rinse, repeat....

Keep the spare parts and the bulk of your mags, you never know when another will turn up in your safe.

If your set on selling it, I would list it priced individually then with a price for everything together. As a retired Marine I still like shooting my M4orgries, I got rid of the Berretta years ago (to bulky for a 9mm).

+1 with what Unka-Boo suggests

what to keep

Probably owned 20 or more starting with a Colt.
For social activities these days I have a Czechpoint 58. Fantastic weapon.
For reaching out, a NM Armalite AR 10. Not bored with either.
The ,308 is fun to try with different weight bullets, so far it prefers 168 gr.
The 58 is just plain fun. Plus it gets lots of stares.

I must admit to having been an AR-owner, owning a Rock River, Stag Arms, and older Bushmaster. I own none of them and really have no great interest in them. I don't miss them at all.

I'd say you missed the boat. You should have asked yourself this question about 1.5 months ago when values were double what they are now. Prices are already dropping rapidly as supply is catching up with demand.

breakingcontact said:

I was in the military and got my jollies there shooting M16/M4 and M249 so I don't really "get a kick" out of shooting the AR. It's certainly nice and I've nothing against it but I'm kind of "over it".

Thinking about selling it, the ammo, the mags, the spare parts.

Anyone here go through this? Should I sell it all together or try and part it out? I know...I'm thinking of selling about 2 months too late!

Don't worry...I didn't go and turn into a liberal. Thinking about reinvesting the money into some combination of a 22 suppressor, some handgun sights, a 308 mag fed rifle, a shotgun, fixing up a 22 rifle...that sort of thing.

What do you think?

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I understand.....there is nothing like rock and roll and the AR is hard to love after that. I don't know why I keep buying them, but I do. I'm in between right now, the new one will come in some day. Thanks for your service!

Traded/ sold all of mine today. Got a very nice BT 99 and some cash.

I have bought and sold dozens of revolvers, pistols and rifles and peripheral components over the past several years.

I can tell you without exception that you will net more if you will do the leg work and shipping and sell stuff off separately.

Its a hassle, but there is no way that you will get full price for both a rifle and a scope as an example. One or the other gets discounted. Separately they sell to two different markets.

Same with peripheral stuff for your AR. In fact if you take your AR back to a stock configuration and sell off the high end add ons separately you will get full pop for your AR plus make back most or all on your high end stuff.

I would also advise you to sell nationally because you get to the biggest buying market that way and you will also reach the places with the highest demand.

Sell at a price plus shipping. Have the buyer tell you where they are and quote shipping as an addition to the price. You will get enough expense in boxing it up and taking it to the post office or fed ex or whatever.

Just my two cents worth but I have been able to enjoy the hobby by making my scarce bucks go further with just a little more effort.

If you are like me, about 10-12 years after you get out you will have developed a fondness for them.

I had one before and during the first part of the time I was on active duty, and sold it prior to the first AWB debacle for a nice profit.

Didn't desire one after that until about 7 years ago. Now I think they are the best thing going... getting the right configuration and then shooting it regularly, preferably competitively, strenghtens the attachment. Really that strengthens the attachment for any gun IMO. Sitting idle is the quickest way to fall out of favor.

breakingcontact said:

I was in the military and got my jollies there shooting M16/M4 and M249 so I don't really "get a kick" out of shooting the AR. It's certainly nice and I've nothing against it but I'm kind of "over it".

Thinking about selling it, the ammo, the mags, the spare parts.

Anyone here go through this? Should I sell it all together or try and part it out? I know...I'm thinking of selling about 2 months too late!

Don't worry...I didn't go and turn into a liberal. Thinking about reinvesting the money into some combination of a 22 suppressor, some handgun sights, a 308 mag fed rifle, a shotgun, fixing up a 22 rifle...that sort of thing.

What do you think?

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The time to do this was two months ago. Seriously.

I mean, I sold a used Bushmaster Carbon 15 for $1,399 on Gunbroker about 15 hours after I listed it (buy it now feature was utilized). The regular bid was already about $1,200 at that time. That gun is overpriced at $800 new, IMO.

But values are still inflated vs what they were and, most likely, inflated vs what they will be months from now. If you really might do this, do it NOW. Or, if you want to gamble, wait and see if the "AWB", or a mag capacity ban, or something, gets voted on in the Senate. There might be a little spike at that point, if that happens.

If you don't want your guns then of course sell them. You're a big boy; make the call. Me personally, I don't sell my guns as I know I'll regret it later.

I have owned five S&W M&P 15s and an AR that I built through Model 1 Sales. Like many have said, once I built them up and shot them for a while, I became bored with each one and sold them. I have bolt and lever rifles for hunting and plinking and shotguns and handguns for personal defense. I prefer walnut stocks and blued and stainless barrels. ARs just don't grab me emotionally like my Model 70s, pre-Remington Marlin 336 or my 686 Plus to name a few. Also, there is something mechanically about bolt actions, lever actions and revolvers that I just love. I will set there watching TV while slowly and methodically working my 336 lever or dry firing my 686 Plus in single action mode (with snap caps of course!) until my wife is thoroughly annoyed.

I'm one of those evil price gougers who sold his AR, accessories and 3,000 rounds of 5.56 during at the height of the panic for a nice profit and used that money to buy some guns and ammo that I had been wanting for a while.

I think I'm out of the AR platform for good this time, but you never know...

.308 Mag fed rifle is expensive to shoot, kicks hard and makes a lot of noise

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.308 Mag fed rifle is expensive to shoot, kicks hard and makes a lot of noise

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I hear the SCAR does not kick hard.

Unfortunately I do not know from experience.

It's up to you whether to sell or not. I suspect most vets given enough time will want a civilian version of the rifle they carried. Maybe the AR you have now isn't the right configuration for you but that's the beauty of this platform, you can "have it your way". Maybe not now but later.

I carried the M16 in 'Nam then waited until the election of 2008 before piecing together my first AR. Took me 40 years to catch the BRD! But now I have 3 and working on a fourth.

.308 Mag fed rifle is expensive to shoot, kicks hard and makes a lot of noise

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Scar 17's do not kick hard.... AR's in .308 do not kick hard.... M1A's do not kick hard.... Kind of a trend

And right now, .223 ammo is going for about $1/round as is .308. If you reload then yes, .308 is slightly more expensive, but not much more...