I too was going to by this carbine,you can build it yourself cheaper ,if you buy the parts direct from POF and LMT,you,d save about 300.00 bucks,what bummed me on the sale is ,the finish you see on line, is not the finish you get.that nice finish you see on line is a DURA COAT finish ,it,s another 300.00 bucks more .the standard finsh is the common black parkerized. P.S. there is about a six week lead time.