FS2000 anyone?

[Slimdog71]

$2,500 - $2,650 is what GB has them for now

[mrcharlie]

Bret, have you got it out to shoot it yet?

[Bret]

No, unfortunately it will be a while.

[mrcharlie]

Remove the hammer pack and lube all of the contact points with Remoil, or any other synthetic lube. It will greatly improve the trigger pull. It will remove the gritty feeling, lighten it some, and smooth it up considerably. If you are comfortable with further break down, remove the trigger rods and polish them to a high luster. It feels like a new trigger at this point. You can also install a Neutrigger, look it up. It accomplishes the same thing by smoothing the hammer to sear contact points. Enjoy it.

[TSOL]

I wonder what fs2k's are going for now... AUG A3's have already doubled in price.

All I can tell you is I went in to the largest gun shop in the area last week and they normally have about a wall and a 1/2 of semi auto rifles so I would guess around 30 or 40 on display and more in the back well last week they only had 2 semi auto rifles left one was a Springfield M1A1 that they wanted like $3k for and an FS2000 that they wanted $2500 for. Another gun shop had a used one (I believe it was formerly their range gun until prices went nuts) and they were asking $1195 for it. They seem like nice guns but just a little too expensive for my blood when I can pick up a VZ or AR for around $800.

[mrcharlie]

I wonder what fs2k's are going for now... AUG A3's have already doubled in price.

All I can tell you is I went in to the largest gun shop in the area last week and they normally have about a wall and a 1/2 of semi auto rifles so I would guess around 30 or 40 on display and more in the back well last week they only had 2 semi auto rifles left one was a Springfield M1A1 that they wanted like $3k for and an FS2000 that they wanted $2500 for. Another gun shop had a used one (I believe it was formerly their range gun until prices went nuts) and they were asking $1195 for it. They seem like nice guns but just a little too expensive for my blood when I can pick up a VZ or AR for around $800.

Let me know where you can find an $800 AR right now. I would jump on an $1195 used FS200, considering people are buying used AR's for crazy prices right now.

[czechyoself]

Yup, I'm still kicking myself for not giving 1500 for one of these a few months ago. They are $2k plus for used, 2.5 to 3k new now.

[armoredman]

I had the money, had the chance, and I passed on one back in February for $1250. Seemed to expensive. Felt like a nice rifle. Would have been a good investment, had I only known.

[jwc007]

I had the money, had the chance, and I passed on one back in February for $1250. Seemed to expensive. Felt like a nice rifle. Would have been a good investment, had I only known.

Impossible to know, the Future is - Yoda

[Bret]

I had the money, had the chance, and I passed on one back in February for $1250. Seemed to expensive. Felt like a nice rifle. Would have been a good investment, had I only known.

If you were looking at it and comparing what you get versus a good quality AR15, then I'd agree that the AR15 is a better valule.  Based on prepanic pricing, FN was not looking to compete heads up against AR15's.  They just sell a much smaller number.  Assuming that it was in decent condition, $1250 was a killer deal.  I bought mine because the prices that I had seen were around $2000, but I found that grabagun.com was selling the green version for a little over $1400.  I jumped on it.  Still, I don't have the expectation that it's a better rifle than a $1000 Colt AR15. 

[mrcharlie]

I had the money, had the chance, and I passed on one back in February for $1250. Seemed to expensive. Felt like a nice rifle. Would have been a good investment, had I only known.

If you were looking at it and comparing what you get versus a good quality AR15, then I'd agree that the AR15 is a better valule.  Based on prepanic pricing, FN was not looking to compete heads up against AR15's.  They just sell a much smaller number.  Assuming that it was in decent condition, $1250 was a killer deal.  I bought mine because the prices that I had seen were around $2000, but I found that grabagun.com was selling the green version for a little over $1400.  I jumped on it.  Still, I don't have the expectation that it's a better rifle than a $1000 Colt AR15.

It is subjective if it is better or not. It just depends what you want it for. It runs a lot cleaner than AR's, it's overall length is shorter, the balance is more comfortable to me anyway. I have 2 Colt 6920's, but the FS200 is my go to 5.56 carbine. It's all about fun, and it doesn't hurt that  it is completely reliable and plenty accurate. I will trade one of my Colt's for another FS200 in a heartbeat.

[Bret]

It is subjective if it is better or not.

I agree.

[maleante]

I had the money, had the chance, and I passed on one back in February for $1250. Seemed to expensive. Felt like a nice rifle. Would have been a good investment, had I only known.

I passed on 200 pmags for $2000 in September. I could have flipped them for 10-12k these last few weeks. 

[armed hiker]

I passed on 200 pmags for $2000 in September. I could have flipped them for 10-12k these last few weeks

Only if you sold them and did not hord them waiting for the prices to rise more. If we had a nationwide ban like NY take effect your investment would only be good on a black market, they would be unsaleable.

A customer of mine used to sell machine guns and I remember him telling me that back in the 80's he had 10-20 mac-10's. Now before the freeze on new machine gun sales he sold these for around $400 each, after the sale he was happy to sell them for $1500.  And he sold them all at that time tripling his money. Now they are in the $4000 range, but have no doubt that the same people that want to ban "assault weapons"  would have these confiscated in a heart beat and your gun and its value are gone.