First Firearm Thread.

[bonjing]

Originally Posted by big pete

All parts or my AR build have been ordered. Now I just have to wait until PSA sends me the upper (crosses fingers)

Where's the pic of your AR-9, Pete?

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by emopunker2004

Prepare to wait a while. They're slow.

They are.
I just waited nearly three weeks on an order but I don't mind as didn't need it in a rush.
At least I feel confident they are reputable and only sell actual stock.
I have had nothing but good experiences with them.
Actually had the chance to visit their facility and shoot in their range in Columbia.

[emopunker2004]

Originally Posted by Blueface

They are.
I just waited nearly three weeks on an order but I don't mind as didn't need it in a rush.
At least I feel confident they are reputable and only sell actual stock.
I have had nothing but good experiences with them.
Actually had the chance to visit their facility and shoot in their range in Columbia.

That's cool. Took me 4 weeks to get my ppu 5.56 from them. Never had a problem besides slow to ship. I love my PSA upper

[bonjing]

Just a heads up at Rainer, polymer lowers in stock. I'm not a polymer type guy but if you want ojne here they are:

http://www.rainierarms.com/?page=sho...roduct_id=3402

[emopunker2004]

Anyone in fl, shooters of jax has s&w15 optics ready models for 1k

[spectrrr]

yeah, PSA is slow... but it will get there.. took about 4 weeks to get my upper. Looks like great quality to me. I havn't shot it, decided to go with a different upper, this one's going on gunbroker tonight, along with my used lower and BCG (listed separately though, more money in the parts it seems)....

[big pete]

Originally Posted by bonjing

Where's the pic of your AR-9, Pete?

Decided to build a .223/.556 first since 9mm uppers are hard to find right now (well I did find a guy with a L&G upper for sale but he only wanted payment in the form of MO, no PP or bank transfers so I passed). I can take pics of the pile of parts minus upper if you'd like

I'll probably start building a AR9 after the wedding

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by emopunker2004

Anyone in fl, shooters of jax has s&w15 optics ready models for 1k

Teaser.
Called them but won't ship to me.
In store only.
Was looking to buy complete rock river lower.
Figured decent price for $399.

[emopunker2004]

Originally Posted by Blueface

Teaser.
Called them but won't ship to me.
In store only.
Was looking to buy complete rock river lower.
Figured decent price for $399.

sorry. Too bad u don't know someone here who could get it for u

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by emopunker2004

sorry. Too bad u don't know someone here who could get it for u

So.......how do we quickly get to know each other?

[big pete]

Crap.... just ordered one of these

http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.as...er&groupid=586

Anyone want my PSA upper? If not, how much is their restocking fee (do they have one)?

[emopunker2004]

Originally Posted by big pete

Crap.... just ordered one of these

http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.as...er&groupid=586

Anyone want my PSA upper? If not, how much is their restocking fee (do they have one)?

10% restocking fee. Keep both?
Did u actually get the spikes? Sold out now.

[big pete]

Someone on Calguns posted another Spikes upper but that sold out in 5min. Looked around and found the last of this upper. Picked it up since it seemed like a good price for a complete upper.

10% isnt too bad. I can sell my spare AR15.com BCG for $200 and make back that $50 I loss on the PSA upper. Figure I checked to see if anyone here wants an upper. Hell, I even sell them my BCG and BCM charging handle for what I got it for.

This is the PSA upper I ordered
http://palmettostatearmory.com/index...ged-upper.html

[emopunker2004]

Midlength. I like midlength

[spectrrr]

Pete, no need to LOSE money on your PSA upper.

I did the EXACT same thing as you. Picked up a PSA upper first for $389 (16" carbine), then I snagged a complete "Special Ops Tactical 16" Midlength upper" (Run by former Spikes employees, GTG gear) from AIM for $510 (+ tax for me, DOH).

I'm posting my PSA upper on gunbroker tonight, I expect it to sell for around $600 if recent auctions are any indication. After fees, I should GAIN $100-$175 on the sale.

[emopunker2004]

What he said.

[big pete]

I'll have to create a GB account. I guess I'll post stuff up once the Spike's upper has been shipped

[spectrrr]

Might want to buy something small first on there, get at least one positive feedback before diving into high dollar sales. Folks are naturally suspicious of newbies online (for good reason).

Alternatively, you can do what I did and reference your ebay account seller feedback page and invite folks to contact you on ebay if they had any concerns. I had a number of bidders double check my ID through ebay. Of course that only works if you have some good seller feedback on ebay

[spectrrr]

Remember - IF HeyGal catches you processing gun parts, they can suspend your account. If you do choose to go that route, I wouldnt advertise it in your auction (just offer it after the fact), and make sure that the buyer doesn't make any references to guns when he sends payment. Since I NEED my HeyGal account for ebay, I just take checks/money orders on gun broker, and make it clear there will be a wait time for it to clear.

When making your listing, browse through a few similar listings and figure out what rules folks are applying to listings of that type. What states people won't ship ammo to, things like that. And put clear auction terms at the end - return policy, shipping policy, payment type and time frame policy, things like that. Browse through other auctions and you'll get an idea.

Finally, nobody likes reading a block of text, so you're not geeky inclined, you can use an online HTML editor like this one to get something passable looking. Or at the very least, remember that you can break to the next line of text (ENTER key) with <BR> at the end
http://htmleditor.in/index.html

Here is an example of how I format my auctions:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=328574372
(oh yeah, and CLEAR photos are an absolute must and go a long way towards hooking buyers and convincing em that YOUR product is the one they want and not the other 10 identical ones for sale)

[Boz]

Originally Posted by emopunker2004

Anyone in fl, shooters of jax has s&w15 optics ready models for 1k

****. Thats the one I wanted to start out with to get my feet wet before all this **** went down. Maybe I can convince my aunt or uncle to go pick one up and hold it for me