Some of those prices are a little higher than what you can get if you look around, but not that far off.

I am currently building a gun from scratch and I think it is quite a reasonable cost for me getting what. I am building a m4
Here is my price list, some things I have others are still on order.

G&P Zombie Killer Body $195.00
Pro-Win Mech box $240.00
Motor $55.00
Gear set $65.00
Inner Barrel $45.00
King Arms CASV $190.00
Madbull DNTC Flash hider $35.00
King Arms G27 Hand grip $30.00
Locking Body Pins $13.00
King Arms Sniper Trigger Guard $10.00
King Arms M4 Furniture $40.00
VFC CQD Sling Mount $10.00
Guarder Silicon Hop $6.00
TM Silther Stock $20.00
TM MP7 Rear flip up sight (FREE I owed already)
King Arms Fore Grip Handle $10.00 used

So I am at $964.00, I know there will be a few things I will need after that will push this close to $1000, but it is way cheapier then buying a stock TM M4A1 and building up from that (WITH A PRO-WIN)

TM M4A1 $580.00 (www.007airsoft.com)
G&P Zombie Killer Body $195.00
Pro-Win Mech box $240.00
Motor $55.00
Gear set $65.00
Inner Barrel $45.00
King Arms CASV $190.00
Madbull DNTC Flash hider $35.00
King Arms G27 Hand grip $30.00
all totaling $1435.00

I think i am going about it a better way and I will have the rifle I want with the goodies I want.

I do have a confident gunsmith building my gun though.

Gunsmith fees as well?

I guess if you pay gunsmith fees......... i don't

kind from the same topic....

who makes the best inner barrel out there?....and what size would you recommend for a M16 variant?....


http://img.redwolfairsoft.com/upload...I-IB-430-L.jpg

this is going to be my 5th gun. I upgraded 2 already and started from a TM platform....
BUILDING A GUN FROM SCRATCH SHOULDN'T BE DONE IF IT IS YOUR FIRST AEG.

I can only imagine how pissed I would have been if I had an uber super gun build that crapped out if it was my first gun.... it takes a while to figure out that mo $$$ = mo problems, this is as true in a Jay-z didy as it is in airsoft.... ask a PTW owner, $60.00 a mag DAMN

prometheus are generally considered to be the best from what i have heard/read. in short, you can't go wrong with a prometheus. i have heard NOTHING bad about the 6.03. as for the M16, i think its around 500mm ish?

M16 barrel length is 509mm. PDI makes a fine barrel as well, and there are some custom options out there you may wish to consider.

Hehe, my first AEG was a crappy MP5 that I used for one game, and my second current AEG is an AUG which I upgraded myself (for the first time), and now the gun I'm building is my third AEG, which I'm building myself :P

Well since people are posting the projects they are working on, here's my scratch build M4 project.

KA Troy CQB Flashhider - 35.00
DF 6.02 Inner Barrel - 39.00
HurricanE HK/M4 Sights - 84.00
Hurricane HK417 Stock - 110.00
SYO 9.6V 2400mAh - 50.00
GP Sniper Trig. Guard - 10.00
Magpull PTS MIAD Grip - 40.00
Huang Seals Metal Body - 140.00
DBoys CASV Handguard - 70.00
SystemA 1 Piece Hopup - 20.00
TM EG1000 Motor - 30.00
GP Delta Ring Set - 27.00
KA 10.5" Outer Barrel - 49.00
KA M4 Locking Body Pins - 14.00
SystemA Comp. Mechbox - 214.00

Total comes to $932.00. I am just waiting on the inner barrel and the locking body pins (which I just ordered when I read it in this thread) I've never assembled a metal body before and I have no instructions for it, so I'm trying to find some one to do that, but the rest should be no problem. If I can find the time.

I hope I haven't forgotten anything, but if I have I've got an A&K M4 I can grab parts from. I'll post up pics when I get it finished. Looking forward to seeing some of the other M4s people are building.

If you didn't see in my media thread:

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h1...k/IMG_1846.jpg

Deathbot you should look at the King Arms COMPLETE CASV, it comes with the cool flip up front sight, outer barrel, d-ring and CASV for $190 shipped. Thats not much more then just you ourter barrel, casv and d-ring purcahses plus it is 10000000 x the quality of the dboys

Yeah, I saw that. The problem was that when I started the project I was just going to do a few quick mods on the A&K CQB that I bought. But as I started buying things, and then more things, I soon found myself an outer barrel and inner barrel away from a whole AEG. So here I am, with an M4 in boxes and another CQB M4 that I will probably end up selling.

My only problem now is trying to find the time to get it assembled. Loads of overtime this month and next month. I had been trading emails with Ken at 007 to see if he could just do the complete build for me, but I havent heard back from him in a while.