What's more saleable?

Curt

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I am going to do a rifle build based on a M700 short action. I will most likely buy a SPS and sell off the barrel and stock. Which calibre barrel is most desireable .308? 7mm-08? .243?
Also some of the SPS come with the camo stock. Is this more desireable? The shop here only has a .243 with the camo stock and it is $60 more. I don't think the camo paint is worth the $. What do you guys think?
 
if you intend to sell the camo stock i doubt youll recover the extra $60+tax and get $140 for it as a take-off (the plain jane SPS stocks generally sell in the EE for 60-70).

as for the barrel... have you considered pre-selling it before you choose a caliber? .308 is the most common by far but perhaps someone right now is looking for a .243 barrel and would agree to buy it from you. might not hurt to post an EE ad 'WTS 700 SPS barrel in the caliber of your choice' and set a price :D

also, consider an SPS stainless. its $100 more but youll get a tad more for the barrel and less maintenance for the lifetime of the action.
 
when i did sell my rifle the camo stock was a help.i think the camo stock will help in getting some money back.well the black stock will proble sit alot longer then the camo.
 
kyjelly44 said:
when i did sell my rifle the camo stock was a help.i think the camo stock will help in getting some money back.well the black stock will proble sit alot longer then the camo.
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of course the camo would sell faster -- but hed also have to sell it for nearly $70 more just to recover his money. i doubt anyone is going to pay $140 for an SPS stock when there are much better options available in the $150-200 range.
 
I bought a rifle for one of the builds, the rifle started out at $730. ish and all I wanted was the reciever. I found that the barrell wasn't worth a damn thing it was a very thin pencil type barrell (sps) and no one really had an interest in the factory stock. The left over parts weren't gonna net me hardly anything and after keeping the reciever i was looking at a couple of Hundred to have it cleaned up and trued in a machine shop. Leaving me into around 900 + for basically a reciever and having more left over parts lying around the house. Luckily a friend decided he'd like the whole rifle for something and i re-assembled it and used it on a trade. Then went out and bought a Bernard reciever that didn't need any machining for $900

Contact Ian Robertson for prices on the Bernard he has a model that's basically a match to the Rem. 700 model.
You,ll get a quality piece cheaper and no extra parts to trip over.

M.
 
if he buys an SPS for $460 ($500 - $40 mail-in rebate), sells the barrel for $100 and the stock for $60 - which can easily be done - then he has his action for $300 plus some taxes.

the SPS stocks arent hard to sell because many people have CDLs and want a cheap drop-in beater stock that wont warp or be damaged by rough weather - which we are headed into shortly.

not saying the Barnard action wouldnt be a better choice... just that an SPS action is a long way from $730.
 
The SPS barrels are a reasonable swap for a BLR.
The .243 that I sold as a take off didn't get as much as a .308 would have, but it was about $50. less at WWS.
I sold my barrell for $87., and the stock for $50.
Good luck.
Ron.
 
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