Originally Posted by Owl
Originally Posted by Kimber7man
- custom rifles don’t sell quickly anymore.


I see some really nice rifles on here. BUT, what floats your boat in a custom, may not float mine. That is the difficulty with customs. Why pay $2500 for a custom rifle when you could build one yourself, to suit your tastes and desires, and possibly build it for less money.


Just like building a hot rod car. You buy a donor Corvette for $10k. Do a frame of restoration for $40k, Then a $20k paint job, another $10k for the interior. $3k for the stereo.. Oh, and then there is the $25k for the engine, and $8k for the transmission. And then tires, wheels, exhaust...

By the time you're done you've dropped $100k into the car. and what's it worth ? $60k.


Priced low?
Defiance Rebel sheep hunter action $1100
McMillan Hunter Edge stock $600
Rock Creek 5R barrel $300
Sunny Hill aluminum BDL bottom metal $200
Timney trigger $100
Wyatt’s box $50?
Talley LW 30mm $50

Total is $2400 in parts

I couldn’t even get an offer for $2500. So FWIW, I agree that the market is soft and you’re lucky to get 60% of what you paid.


“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.”
ALDO LEOPOLD