I'll second that. nothing wrong with a parts gun - if done right. After all, unless you're buying a "Collector" or "Correct" grade from the CMP, they're all "parts guns."
FWIW, I have 3 "parts guns" built up from woodless Danes mostly. One is my Perry gun for the matches and was professionally built by a retired Army and then CMP armorer. It's a shooter. Interestingly, one of my others is an erzatz Winchester with a 3/3 VAR barrel. It shoots right there with my Criterion-barreled Perry gun.
All that said, IMHO - I would indeed be concerned if I did not know the quality of the parts and work done. These days some folks are building shooters out of de-milled receivers, and I would be extremely wary with one of those. Meaning: some of the de-milled guns weren't demilled as heavily as others. A skilled person can remove the weld, do some light machine work, rebarrel and return them to action. Others have too much weld glopped on and would require too much heat to remove it, then too much work to get it to look nice - just MHO.
Again - they're nearly all "parts guns" and the price paid seems pretty fair based on what I'm seeing. If it looks and shoots good - I'd say ya got a damn good deal.
FWIW, ammo can make a difference. The Greek CMP stuff shoots better than the LC stuff in my Garands and 03s, but seems a little hot in the 03s.
FWIW, I have 3 "parts guns" built up from woodless Danes mostly. One is my Perry gun for the matches and was professionally built by a retired Army and then CMP armorer. It's a shooter. Interestingly, one of my others is an erzatz Winchester with a 3/3 VAR barrel. It shoots right there with my Criterion-barreled Perry gun.
All that said, IMHO - I would indeed be concerned if I did not know the quality of the parts and work done. These days some folks are building shooters out of de-milled receivers, and I would be extremely wary with one of those. Meaning: some of the de-milled guns weren't demilled as heavily as others. A skilled person can remove the weld, do some light machine work, rebarrel and return them to action. Others have too much weld glopped on and would require too much heat to remove it, then too much work to get it to look nice - just MHO.
Again - they're nearly all "parts guns" and the price paid seems pretty fair based on what I'm seeing. If it looks and shoots good - I'd say ya got a damn good deal.
FWIW, ammo can make a difference. The Greek CMP stuff shoots better than the LC stuff in my Garands and 03s, but seems a little hot in the 03s.