Yeah I know there ain't no Sanity Clause...so it was me....i bought the thing at an auction..but the price was a gift...
It's an LRB M25 .forged receiver, nm barrel, glass bedded birch stock etc etc
https://www.lrbarms.com/m14-parts.html
Guy on Long Island builds essentially custom m....14's. Considered to be the Cadillac of the M's. BULA builds em with Forged receivers as well..for much less on a production basis... they sell parts to the DOD.
These LRB's beat the crapola out of the Sprgfield Arm, Fulton, James River, Norinco etc..
The LRB goes for about the same money as a SAI at auction...which is strange considering the quality and price structure of the LRB...Bula on the other hand is more of known quantity and will go for just shy of MSRP.. this can be accounted for in several ways..
1. LRB's do not come up very often for sale. Once a year...So not many people know what they are looking at..
2. The LRB is virtually a custom so configurations vary from spoon to spoon. And LRB sells receivers to Custom Builders.. A stripped M25 receiver is a grand to 1179 alone..
So buyers are hesitant..and lump em in with the generic's. And that is where a savvy savant can make out..you gotta know the territory.
A friend of mine got hot for a m...14 cause his Dad had one in Nam... so he laid LRB and Bula on me...so I started to look...it took 3 to 4 months.. I just knew one was gona come my way sooner or later..and the price would probably be cheap.
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