[aa1911]

paid $0 for the stamp, I 'stretched' it to 16.5" with a barrel stretcher so it's legal now, hahaha

no, but seriously, it 'belongs' to my unit's arms room...

upper I built from parts supplied by a friend of a friend who got a good deal on 'defective' parts, so paid $120 for a complete upper including front sight and free float handrail.

paid $100 for a lower receiver from another friend (private sale)

and filled her in with DPMS parts ($50) and a $45 buttstock from Midway

The optic was free and sling I made myself, the taclight and mount are from work so did not add those in there.

So all said with taxes and shipping added in I would say closer to $350 to error on the high side. but for certain no more than that.

remember, it also took 2 years of waiting and hunting for the best deals to be had locally. To build this exact one today within a week would cost 3-4 times this.

Working on another right now, going to try a gas piston upper I think. Really want to build a 300 whisper/300 fireball/300 AAC Blackout or whatever they're calling it this month...