Mesatchornug
NES Member
Many of the shops that offer the kits have a page with drop-down menus for all the variables (frame, slide, barrel, trigger, sights/optic, etc.). This lets a buyer build his own kit. Then the shop sticks it all in a box, just like they would have if you selected each item individually. This is a value-added service to a customer who is just starting out on their first build, preventing the "oops, I forgot" that happens all too often. How is that not exactly what we want in a functioning capitalism?Mind you, I don't think it's RIGHT, but I think they could make a case for it.
On the flip side, I'm thinking the dude that buys a whole kit is likely NOT the type you want holding a firearm. The purpose of a P80 kit was to make something customly yours. Personally, if I were a gun retailer, I'd allow someone to "build" a kit of stuff themselves on my website, but I'd NEVER sell a whole-kit of a gun-in-a-box.
The example below uses a finished frame, but one could reasonably imagine switching that for a P80 frame in your choice of colors and sizes:
Shadow Systems MR918 / ZP - G19 Gen 4 - Customize Build
Zaffiri Precision specializes in producing high quality precision cut aftermarket slides and barrels compatible with Glock and Sig Sauer.
zaffiriprecision.com