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Dashunde · November 2, 2012, 07:42 AM

I came across a imperceptibly used (nary a scuff) DPMS .308 yesterday. It appears nicely made and was priced at $1000.
It’s very similar to Recon.
To make it mine I'd like to swap out the existing fore end and iron sights, essentially turn it into the DPMS Compact Hunter.

In the end though, I'd probably end up spending more converting the used one to my taste than I would if I just bought a Compact Hunter from the start?
Is the 4-rail fore end worth anything in the forums, to off-set the cost?

There is also the slightly longer DPMS Lite Hunter for ~$1200 ready to go (and it appears to be available).

November 2, 2012, 07:42 AM	#30
Dashunde Senior Member Join Date: December 22, 2004 Posts: 2,018	I came across a imperceptibly used (nary a scuff) DPMS .308 yesterday. It appears nicely made and was priced at $1000. It’s very similar to Recon. To make it mine I'd like to swap out the existing fore end and iron sights, essentially turn it into the DPMS Compact Hunter. In the end though, I'd probably end up spending more converting the used one to my taste than I would if I just bought a Compact Hunter from the start? Is the 4-rail fore end worth anything in the forums, to off-set the cost? There is also the slightly longer DPMS Lite Hunter for ~$1200 ready to go (and it appears to be available).