Originally Posted by fritz1

A little thing called resale value! When you go sell that it isnt going to be worth as much as a comparable rifle that is factory built versus one that has been thrown together inside someones garage with a conglomeration of various parts. The same applies to Harley motocycles, yes you can put one together cheaper than buying one, just buy a after market rolling chasis, and a motor and trans from someoneone like S&S, you will have a nice bike but it isnt a Harley Davidson and you will not get Harley prices for it.

You can build a Varmiter Special cheaper, and it will be a Bushmaster. Here is the costs, Complete Bushmaster lower - $345 Complete Bushmaster Varmiter Special Upper with the 24" match grade stainless barrel - $785. For a total of $1130, you save a whole $235. Now you have shipping costs and have to have the lower sent to a licensed firearms dealer, and they are going to charge you something for that. If your time and effort is worth nothing and you dont mind waiting to get it, go for it. Myself I will pay a tad more and go to the gunstore and buy one off the rack.