Finished the dreaded "Magpul" build

[Guest kingarmory]

Not a fan of Magpul stuff generally, but with the "Magpul Special Edition" Rem870's out there, all the fanboys were hounding us to do a Phagpul build with the SGA stock set and whatnot.  Several hundred dollars and several hours of labor later, its done and ready to collect dust on the demo gun rack.

 

Factory gun with a street price of about $725

 

 

Demo gun we built with a lot deeper parts list
 

 

[Guest kingarmory]

Included on the build:
S&J Hardware delrin mag follower

Wolff XP magazine spring
S&J Hardware oversized safety
Tacstar +2 extension

Magazine clamp with sling swivel
Hi Viz front bead
KA-1212BR breaching attachment
6rd SideSaddle
Magpul MOE forend
Magpul SGA buttstock

Parkerizing+Duracoat finish
Oil hone bore

 

Still a ridiculous amount of money to dump into a pump shotgun, but if you're going to go "whole hog", don't skimp on the bacon ;)

 

[polecat]

Joey is that you? I used to be on the AZ forum..still am but live in TN now. Good to see your doing well! Nice build!

[Guest kingarmory]

Yes sir, its me.  Gonna be in TN myself shortly.  Trying to get the last of the projects and production runs buttoned up right now

[polecat]

Thats great! where you moving to? 

[hipower]

Interesting. Do you want to say how much you got in the build?

[Guest kingarmory]

Thats great! where you moving to? 

Hermitage/Mt Juliet area most likely.  Shop space is in Donelson

[Guest kingarmory]

Interesting. Do you want to say how much you got in the build?

 

Trying not to think about it ;)  At retail it would be about $700 for the gun and parts, including labor and refinishing it'd be about $900

 

Parts break down:

Rem870 shotgun $375 (I got this one for $175)

S&J magazine follower $12
S&J oversized safety $16

Wolff XP spring $9

Mag extension $40
Mag clamp $10

SideSaddle $35

KA-1212BR $86

Hi-Viz sight $8

Magpul SGA stock set $125

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Total $716

Labor on a build like this usually runs about $300-350, doing your own install/refinishing would put ya around $700 for the gun which would be a better deal than the factory gun and with all the upgrades.

 

Edited May 18, 2014 by kingarmory

[gjohnsoniv]

All in all that's not nearly as much as I was thinking it would be.

[Guest kingarmory]

Yeah, not bad pricewise. Last build we did similar to that billed out just shy of a grand. Considering that the dollar is worth less than its weight in rolling papers and the base gun is almost $400, you're getting a lot of upgrades for the $$$

[Guest kingarmory]

The SuperMag build on the other hand would run about $1700, won't have many people calling wanting one of those ;)

[Troutburger]

How's the magpul shoulder? Looks like a pretty uncomfortable cheek weld

[Guest kingarmory]

It shoulders well, but the stock is rather short and has a lot of drop, I'm thinking that catching a thumb knuckle in the face might be a possibility

[BLACKVANDRIVER]

Casa Grande! We almost moved there but ended up in Vegas instead. Now here in Donelson also. Not to hijack your build thread but you said you are setting up shop here in Donelson area? Nice build by the way. Also not a big fan of some of the looks of the Magpul gear but for the most part its always built well.

[Guest kingarmory]

Here's the episode of "Gunsmith's Bench" for that build.  Slowly getting the hang of this Youtube thing ;)
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VGiMA7mP9M

 

[KahrMan]

That was a good video.  Well done.

[polecat]

excellent video. I like the look of that shotgun.

[NoBanStan]

It shoulders well, but the stock is rather short and has a lot of drop, I'm thinking that catching a thumb knuckle in the face might be a possibility

 

That stock has spacers to extend it. Saw one in Reloaders Bench a few weeks ago with 5-6, it was almost too long.

 

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Edited May 24, 2014 by NoBanStan

[Guest kingarmory]

That stock has spacers to extend it. Saw one in Reloaders Bench a few weeks ago with 5-6, it was almost too long.

 

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Yeah, it came with four spacers, we only installed one.  The look of the stock with all the spacers in was atrocious.  They really should have had larger spacers available so it didn't look like stacked lumber

[Tncobra]

Ha, King Armory has stalked me to Tennessee. Had them do my 1100 with the brake several years ago.

 

http://www.kingarmory.com/assets/images/KAgraphics372.jpg

 

And they put it on their website.

 

This is one of those firearms Ill never sell.

Edited May 29, 2014 by Tncobra

[Guest kingarmory]

Heading to TN shortly, still getting the last of things buttoned up here.

[willis68]

When you come to Nashville, I will buy one of your Shotguns

[Guest kingarmory]

When you come to Nashville, I will buy one of your Shotguns

Actually, that shotgun is pretty boring.  Can build stuff that is far more unique than that.  In the next month or so we're be doing a "gym bag" Mossberg SBS build that will make this Magpul 870 look vanilla in comparison ;)

[gjohnsoniv]

Just out of curiosity, what do you charge for tuning up an 870?  If you don't want to say on here a PM is fine.

[Guest kingarmory]

Depends on how "out of tune" it is ;)