If you want to customize any gun be aware that you are doing it for yourself. You can't ever get back the money you put in it. Same is true for a lot of things. However as someone suggested you might well sell the parts by themselves and make out OK. The gun itself is a keeper right now. You'd be giving it away considering the market. It's too good of a gun to give away. I thought the same thing about my SKS for years. Now the thin is worth 8X what I paid for it. Be patient. Guns are for shooting, not selling. There may come a time you can sell it for nearly what you paid but if that time comes I suggest you might need one yourself.