Looking to sell my AR build...

[porscheboy]

I recently finished my AR15 build, and I progressively lost interest in it as time went on, and now I have little to no interest in owning an AR15 of this type. SO I am now looking to sell my AR. The gun has less than 50 rds through it and is in mint condition. How much can I expect to sell it for?

Parts:

RRA Stripped Lower
DPMS Lower parts w/ modified trigger
ATI Buffer Assembly Parts
Magpul MOE Stock
Magpul MOE Grip
Magpul PMAG

Yankee Hill Stripped Upper w/ BCM Forward Assist and Dust Cover
Yankee Hill 20" 1 in 9 twist threaded barrel with BCM Flash hider
Yankee Hill Gas tube and block
DPMS Free Float Tube
Caldwell Bipod
RRA Bolt Carrier Group
DPMS Charging Handle

 

[Sam Cade]

$600 maybe, depending on your local market. Mix-masters are sometimes hard to get rid of.

 

[12131]

$600 maybe, depending on your local market. Mix-masters are sometimes hard to get rid of.

What he said.

 

[TonyAngel]

I'd think $500 to $600. I wouldn't go so far as to say that mix masters are hard to get rid of, if names like Vltor and Krieger were included in your list of parts. No offense, but it appears that few of the parts used in your build would be considered to be top tier.

You may actually do better parting it out.

 

[Tirod]

Used gun = used parts. Expect a 25 to 35% loss.

What's really going on is something called cognitive dissonance. The fantasy of building and owning a AR has met up with the reality of building and owning an AR. It's actually ho hum. Just another gun in the rack.

Keep it and shoot it. Selling it now for a loss would likely be a mistake regretted in the future. Lots of shooters come back around eventually and would like to get a gun back - sometimes it's virtually impossible.

Case in point, as much as I didn't find an HK91 all that fun to shoot, would I like to still have it? Sure. I paid $180 for it, sold it for $1000, it's now trading upwards of $2,500. I could get a lot of garage foundation work done with that kind of money.

An AR probably won't do that, but for whatever you sell it for - you will have to double it in 5 years to get another. Money wasted for something you can just save by oiling it and putting it in the closet. The cost of living isn't going down in the foreseeable future.

 

[Z-Michigan]

I think $600 is a reasonable guess. Unfortunately none of the parts listed are premium, many are considered lower end, and having a complete mixmaster vs. one company's complete upper on your own assembled lower is going to reduce the value.

 

[browneu]

Used gun = used parts. Expect a 25 to 35% loss.

What's really going on is something called cognitive dissonance. The fantasy of building and owning a AR has met up with the reality of building and owning an AR. It's actually ho hum. Just another gun in the rack.

Keep it and shoot it. Selling it now for a loss would likely be a mistake regretted in the future. Lots of shooters come back around eventually and would like to get a gun back - sometimes it's virtually impossible.

Case in point, as much as I didn't find an HK91 all that fun to shoot, would I like to still have it? Sure. I paid $180 for it, sold it for $1000, it's now trading upwards of $2,500. I could get a lot of garage foundation work done with that kind of money.

An AR probably won't do that, but for whatever you sell it for - you will have to double it in 5 years to get another. Money wasted for something you can just save by oiling it and putting it in the closet. The cost of living isn't going down in the foreseeable future.

This has got to be the best, most impressive, solid piece of advice I've ever read.

You should keep the gun unless you need the money and have no other way of raising cash quickly. You're going to face seller's remorse and most likely spend more money to acquire another gun.

 

[minutemen1776]

Yep, it may be hard to sell. I have a mixmaster that I'm trying to sell, and it has a few top-tier names in the parts list. Still, it hasn't moved at $625. I guess it's a hard sale when so many want to build their own, and when so many budget shoppers just go straight to the cheaper brands.

 

[Kingcreek]

I see a lot of complete uppers, lowers ,parts, mixed builds, etc for sale. with so many partials for sale, a mixed build just doesn't carry a lot of value

 

[Bartholomew Roberts]

I'd say $600 is pushing it. With S&W selling the Sport brand new for $600, it is hard to get much out of the lower tier ARs unless you happen to have built exactly what someone else wants. As mentioned earlier, you'd get more money selling it as individual parts most likely.

 

[Lovesbeer99]

600 is about right but I don't agree with the comments about the quality of the parts. All the critical parts are made by the right people and the non critical parts are, well easy to replace.

The lower looks solid to me and the upper is just fine but I'd pick another barrel.

Now these are not the top, top, top of the line but they are good choices. It's just a used mix master and expect 600 unless you botched it up.

 

[OhioChief]

unless you need the cash, my thought is that owning a few extra guns like that, may come in pretty handy some day. It's a funny world, you may need to arm a buddy someday! Hmmmm, my old boy scout training I guess. )

 

[ugaarguy]

I have to agree with the folks who said to part it out. A 1:9 twist heavy bbl. with a collapsible stock is going to be hard enough to sell. Add to the fact that it's a used mix-master, and you're going to have a really hard time selling it.

Maybe convert it into a Diemaco / Colt Canada C7A2 copy, and sell it to some former Canadian now living up there in Minnesota.