This poor rifle...

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I can't understand what would have made them think it was a good idea or what problem precluded this solution...SMH.
 
some people are just dumb.. should have sold it in 100% condition and bought a real bullpup like an aug or tavor instead
 
What was going thru his mind that he thought 60 or 100 rounds would improve his proficiency with this rifle? Some peoples kids just irk me! Price the replacement frame housing & factor in time to changeout and deduct that from $1700 and that will be the highest I would pay.
 
1,700!?!

And after Bubba-tweak walked it into power tools.

May not work?

Well, can't blame them for trying I guess. There's a fella here in Phoenix who for a very long time has been trying to sell a set of Harley Sportster heads that he thought he'd try to make twin carb heads outa.

Same thing: Had an item of some worth and set about ruining it in an ill advised plan to be special.

I figure each will eventually be passed from one buyer to another hoping they can correct the damage but the price has to be "project" money... not premium dough.

Todd.
 
Pricing on this seems to be $1500 for the original rifle, plus $100 an hour for labor to modify the lower and another $100 for the barrel work.

Just a reminder that there's no shortage of idiots in the world.

BSW
 
After the intensive dremel work that's been done on that rifle, it looks more like a $900 proposition than a $1700 proposition to me....
 
Honestly? I have among my stuff a shot out parts K98 with a screw head broken of the front lock screw and I would not trade it for that rifle unless he wanted to throw in a good bit of ammo........


-kBob
 
Honestly? I have among my stuff a shot out parts K98 with a screw head broken of the front lock screw and I would not trade it for that rifle unless he wanted to throw in a good bit of ammo........


-kBob
I like that perspective. I too have a firearm to measure my lack of enthusiasm for this FN by:
An M-44.
-It beats hell outa me for displaying the temerity to shoot it in t-shirts.
-It has been treated in some way that makes it stink to holy hell when I take it out of an Arizona summer day to shoot. Really, you'd think the Russians developed a way to use pig-scat as a wood preservative.
-It ripped up the innards of one of my favorite rifle cases.
Still - I wouldn't trade even up for this wubba-bubba.

I wonder though - knowing it isn't $1,700 - what's it worth in parts?

Todd.
 
Seems to me, by starting the bid a $1,700, they basically don't want to sell it.

FN hasn't been importing them into the US for a few years, but that is at or above the brand new price.

Why would anyone pay above new price for a butchered used gun with reliability problems which likely can't be fixed?
 
Hoofan1:

The "brand new" price was $2400 back in 2006. Dealer cost 10 years ago was about $2200. It may very well have dropped since then because the Euro isn't as strong as it once was...

The old version of FS2000 isn't being imported anymore, with the smooth fore-end.

But the stories about "no more imports!" are bogus as the factory FN reps at shot show said they will continue to import 800-1000 of the new FS2000 CQB rifles per year for the foreseeable future.

Those have a spiffy new tri-rail in place of the forward hand-guard.

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But the stories about "no more imports!" are bogus as the factory FN reps at shot show said they will continue to import 800-1000 of the new FS2000 CQB rifles per year for the foreseeable future.

None of the online vendors seem to be selling new ones.

Bud's said their last price was $1637

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/36_582/products_id/77996

and I have seen some forum postings indicating that is about what some people bought them for from Bud's +/- $100
 
Oh wow, the tanking Euro really HAS dropped their prices down. Or (more likely) the competition with IMI/Tavor and the re-introduction of the Aug has been user-friendly for us bullpup lovers. :)

I bought my FS2000 about 9 ago, at the time my FFL dealer price was in the lower $1900's. Shortly after that the prices went up up UP! (Thanks Obama...)

Apparently at some point they went down, down, down!

That makes the $1700 starting price on that bubbasmithed one even MORE laughable!

ETA: To correct my earlier post, prices on the FS2000's in 2006/7 were about what they were now, 2008 they went through the roof up over $2200 dealer cost.
 
That makes the $1700 starting price on that bubbasmithed one even MORE laughable!

Since you don't pay gun broker.com for the listing until the rifle sells why not list it crazy high?

They only need to find the right sucker once.

BSW
 
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Heck, with that logic I should throw my old FS2000 up there for $3k like some of the others are listed, and if & when it sells, buy a new FS2000 CQB and a Tavor to park next to it in the safe.
 
Little JB Weld will fix it right up. (Brave soul doing the bubba on a $2000 gun, not sure I could work up the nerve.)
 
Since you don't pay gun broker.com for the listing until the rifle sells why not list it crazy high?

They only need to find the right sucker once.

SBW
Sort of like our local trader paper- I see used AR's in there for $1100 that are now selling new for $700...
Or .22 ammo for what amounts to 20 cents a round....
 
Or you could just buy a REAL gun.

There is (or was) a real rife there. The FS2000 manages to fit a 17" barrel into a very short package that allows for ambidextrous shooting w/o having to swap anything. You also get a adverse gas setting, a forward assist, and controls that are easy to access while wearing gloves. FN also went to quite a bit of trouble to seal the action from outside dirt.

There are worse choices...

BSW
 
I just look at that and it makes me feel sick. To do that to an expensive rifle, and then one who's parts are probably not the easiest to replace and I just wanna hear what kind of stupid justification the guy had for doing this....
 
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