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Originally Posted by Dog Face Pony Soldier
I was ready to buy a DD as my first rifle until I learned that there was zero DD dealers in NJ. Apparently DD decided it wasn't worth dealing with NJ. At that point I decided to buy a matched receiver from Ascend Armory and built one from scratch. I probably spent close to the same money and built a better rifle. I find firearms odd that way where it's less expensive to build a rifle yourself from components purchased separately. That was never the case in my experience in the world of cycling. It was always less expensive to buy a complete bike than build one yourself.
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Originally Posted by Smgs1992
Its cheaper to build a better rifle than to buy one but the store bought one will still sell for more money even if its worse.
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This has a lot to do with the 11% firearms excise tax imposed on complete rifles. If you buy the parts separately you don't have to pay that extra tax.