Should I stake this castlenut. (Not your usual situation)

AR/M4 AR General Discussion
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So i bought this stripped lower mid-panic as cheap insurance of a ban. I am broke and want to sell it. It’s halfway built so i am putting on some cheesy blackhawk stock kit on supersale from PSA (i know, i know).

My question is, when i go to sell this at my LGS would the value be decreased if i staked the castlenut?

I’m a certified armorer and it already kills part of my soul to build/sell something with a blackhawk stock on it, much less an unstaked lower. But my thought process is that the tards that’d buy it, would think it was a blemish/deformed/or even made adding some fancy aftermarket tacti-gay receiver endplate more difficult.

Advice?

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I doubt a local gun shop would notice either way. On top of that I dont think if you gave it to them staked or unstaked it would change the value.

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99% of gun shop employees wouldn’t know a staked castle nut (or staked carrier keys for that matter) if they see one. I’d say go-ahead and stake it.

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I would sell it on GunBroker, and list the staked castle nut as a “feature”.

I always get what I ask for on GB. I sold a $500 bargain bin rifle from CMMG that I bought 7 years ago for $750 in 2012 before the craze.

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If you have the means to do it, stake it.

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Stake it. They might not know the difference, but they may notice when their castle nut starts backing off and they track you down whining about it.

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Loktite it.

8

Mig Weld it.

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You’ll get more if you sell it outright to someone rather than to a LGS. A dealer has to buy it in at wholesale to be able to turn a profit. If you’re hurting for cash enough to need to scrape together spare parts and sell them, get the most for your effort.

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LOL. You don’t mess around do ya :smiley:

Stake it. The guy that gets it might not have a clue but you will have done him a favor anyway.