I like how you've skewed the numbers and details to suit your argument.
(1) You're comparing a used rifle to the cost of a new one.
If all he is using is the action what difference does it make?
(2) That roughed out Boyd's stock isn't nowhere near $115 to your door.
$59 is the cost for the unfinished stock! It is not even $100 to your door! I bought one! Have you?
(3) The stock Stevens trigger is pure garbage and you pass it off to the equivalent of the Remington's. Therefore you fail to include the cost of an aftermarket trigger in your "build".
No I understand the Rem trigger is better, but as a noob he doesnt need a custom trigger. The timney is $100 that can be picked up down the road. I have shot some amazing groups with just the factory Stevens with a little adjustment it is easy to get the trigger pull way down.
(4) No where have you even mentioned taxes, customs, or duty fees on any of the imported or locally purchased items.
The only imported item is the stock and that is included in my estimate. If the action is used there is no tax, and I included shipping. The barrel is the estimated I got from a dealer here. Add $30 shipping for it if it makes you feel better.
(5) There's absolutely no mention of any gunsmith fees for the barrel installation, trigger job, stock re-finishing, inletting, or bedding. The OP can't even reload ammo yet and you make the assumption he can do all of this on his own? Hell, even experienced shooters on this board are likely to need some gunsmithing at some point during a build even if it is a do-it-yourself affair.
Once again you fail to read! The barrel is $390 installed, and I mentioned $70 to bed if he even wants to do that. Like I said the Remington will not be bedded!
(6) Even with your fuzzy math, it still isn't close to $600 the OP had first mentioned.
It is pretty damn close, and a little more money for a semi custom rifle is a far better choice in my opinion. Yes my opinion.
(7) For a guy who thinks he has the cheap price angle all figured out, you sure blew it on your attempt at valuing a SPS. If you're paying $700-$730 for a SPS, then you're paying WAY too much.
That was figured at $600 -$650 plus tax and shipping. It is $623 at Epps. Which by my Ontario HST math is right on!
Have I made my point clearly enough? And you have the balls to claim some are biased becuase they favour Remingtons? Pffft! Whatever! I'm all for a cost-benefit analysis between competing brands but only if it's done in a fair and accurate way.. Otherwise, it's meaningless
Once again, I have purchased everything you need for this build myself, and was only a PM away from ordering a barrel. So calling my numbers BS is pretty rich considering I am probably the only one here who has actually done everything I say!
Regardless the OP has made up his mind, but I think some of that comes from you guys discouraging him on the build which ticks me off. Regardless for an out of the box rifle the SPS is a good choice, but like I said if he has it in his head he is just gonna upgrade everything later, I would have just done things differently.
