M14 parts kits - On Sale

They are awesome kits. Built my IDF sniper clone using one. Once the kits are sold out, I expect the price to double after a few years.

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In 3-5 yrs people will say - Why didn’t I buy a ‘kit’ and toss it under the bed....

They didn’t move when there was 125x left, so they go ‘on sale’ and now, only 88 remaining....

I bet the sale ends at 40x left. As John starts to run out they will sell fast, cause people won’t want to miss out..... but they will be $950 again....

People... jump on this at the sale price...... buy 2x, it’s almost the price of one. In a year sell your 650 parts kit for 1000
 
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As much as I love the M14 I think your a little off point. There on sale because people wanted the heavy barrel kits, so these ones are having a hard time moving. Also I don’t think they will jump in value, why would someone pay a bunch of money for a mismatched parts kit when you can get specific ones from the states? I’m sure these are great but if I was doing another specific build I’d source the matching parts I wanted.
 
Agreed. As much as I too say buy them now for a great price, they certainly won't jump up to anywhere near $1000. I've seen IDF part kit rifles sit on the EE for months. Nobody hopping into the M14 game is going to drop $2k on an IDF rifle, especially if they're brand new and there are other offerings in the 308 NR world now, and it sits around the brand new Springfield M1A territory. Some of us care for the history of the kits, not everyone liking this style of rifle cares.

I've seen them average from 1800-2200 depending on part manufacturers; add receiver cost (Norc, LRB, Fulton), then add the time/work required either by the owner or that they had Barney/M14 Medic do. Then there are usually *some* upgrades, like a unitized gas system, shims, upgraded op rod spring guide, new stock (USGI, Archangel, Walnut, etc). These kits really aren't buy now, sell for double in a year. Some folks made a buck selling off the spare heavies they bought. But anyone who hasn't bought as of yet, really doesn't want one. Most of us that have bought one, bought multiple. We have a small market up here, a small group of us interested in the M1 Action, and an even smaller group of us interested in working on them and paying those who know better to do the harder jobs.

I'm sure they will sell *eventually*, but I'd bet at least a third of those will be current owners grabbing another when the funds allow. Hell, I may grab a 3rd sometime down the line!
 
Jacobean said:
Agreed. As much as I too say buy them now for a great price, they certainly won't jump up to anywhere near $1000. I've seen IDF part kit rifles sit on the EE for months. Nobody hopping into the M14 game is going to drop $2k on an IDF rifle, especially if they're brand new and there are other offerings in the 308 NR world now, and it sits around the brand new Springfield M1A territory. Some of us care for the history of the kits, not everyone liking this style of rifle cares.

I've seen them average from 1800-2200 depending on part manufacturers; add receiver cost (Norc, LRB, Fulton), then add the time/work required either by the owner or that they had Barney/M14 Medic do. Then there are usually *some* upgrades, like a unitized gas system, shims, upgraded op rod spring guide, new stock (USGI, Archangel, Walnut, etc). These kits really aren't buy now, sell for double in a year. Some folks made a buck selling off the spare heavies they bought. But anyone who hasn't bought as of yet, really doesn't want one. Most of us that have bought one, bought multiple. We have a small market up here, a small group of us interested in the M1 Action, and an even smaller group of us interested in working on them and paying those who know better to do the harder jobs.

I'm sure they will sell *eventually*, but I'd bet at least a third of those will be current owners grabbing another when the funds allow. Hell, I may grab a 3rd sometime down the line!
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Yeah .. That about covers all the items I've been thinking and couldn't quite put it down as well as you
 
To the ones who built those kits, where did you get your receivers? I was looking for a project like this but I don't feel like buying a complete M305 just to strip the receiver from it.
 
Phils said:
To the ones who built those kits, where did you get your receivers? I was looking for a project like this but I don't feel like buying a complete M305 just to strip the receiver from it.
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I bought my LRB from Wolverine. ###### carries them now too, along with Fulton ones that are claimed to be the best cast one's you can buy. Most simply grabbed a healthy Norc and did the swap since the rifle as a whole was cheaper than any American made receiver offered at the time (and still is). I'm looking to offload a norc or two, PM me if you're interested.
 
Issues that I see:

- Lots of folks bought M305s for cheap 10 or more years ago for $400. some in multiples. Lots out there.
With a bit of tuning and hand loading or decent surplus, they are or can be a good 2-3 Moa gun.
- Buying a surplus kit for more than the M305 rifle was worth to begin with, from a bin with unknown quality, and you still have the same capability for accuracy? Not too many are going to sign on to that.
- Swapping M-14 stuff isn't for the average tinkerer, so there is more insofar as knowledge base required that guys are going to shy away from.
- Buying an LRB or Fulton receiver and then adding the parts kit? seems to me it makes more sense to just buy a decent Springer or LRB to start.
Now with some AR-10 style rifles that are out there in kit form and built for similar money? ARs are dead nuts simple to wrench on, and don't require 'smithing skills necessarily, so there is that too.
 
beltfed said:
Issues that I see:

- Lots of folks bought M305s for cheap 10 or more years ago for $400. some in multiples. Lots out there.
With a bit of tuning and hand loading or decent surplus, they are or can be a good 2-3 Moa gun.
- Buying a surplus kit for more than the M305 rifle was worth to begin with, from a bin with unknown quality, and you still have the same capability for accuracy? Not too many are going to sign on to that.
- Swapping M-14 stuff isn't for the average tinkerer, so there is more insofar as knowledge base required that guys are going to shy away from.
- Buying an LRB or Fulton receiver and then adding the parts kit? seems to me it makes more sense to just buy a decent Springer or LRB to start.
Now with some AR-10 style rifles that are out there in kit form and built for similar money? ARs are dead nuts simple to wrench on, and don't require 'smithing skills necessarily, so there is that too.
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So true...this is exactly why I stoped thinking about building one myself...I am no hardcore historian
 
Where i see the value in the parts kits is in the sights, flash hider, gas cylinder and trigger group and having a spare oprod and bolt is always a good thing. So really, for the price of the kit you are getting a bunch of very useable parts for a build or to just upgrade your existing M1A or m305 without removing it's barrel.
 
45ACPKING said:
Where i see the value in the parts kits is in the sights, flash hider, gas cylinder and trigger group and having a spare oprod and bolt is always a good thing. So really, for the price of the kit you are getting a bunch of very useable parts for a build or to just upgrade your existing M1A or m305 without removing it's barrel.
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I don*t know where else you can find a USGI trigger group or bolt at the moment. Sights are not much easier to come by. With the state of current Chicom M305s, I’d much rather one of these kits and a US reciever. Glad Wolverine brought these in. My bank account is not as happy.
 
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