To Fix or Not to Fix a clone ASW338LM, That is the Question

[MSSNAFU]

Opinions please.

I have a clone Ashbury ASW338LM bolt action 'sniper'. No markings, VSR compatable-ish, plastic picatinny rails over a carbon fibre effect forend, fully adjustable folding stock with a monopod, heavy metal body, looks the business. Its the one that was in the boneyard for a few days.

Has problems - slam firing and misfeeding. It's not working irritated me enough that I decided to dismantle and fix it - changing out a worn VSR sear being a not uncommon fix  and if I've got it dismantled enough that I can get at the trigger group I should be able to see what the feeding issue is too. About 30(!) bolts and screws later I've got the thing apart. Faults obvious - the afore mentioned sear and a hop unit with both a duff rubber and a very broken hop adjustment armature.

Now, I have most if not all of the bits necessary to fix it, could even upgrade some parts as I go eg steel sear, stainless steel inner etc.

 But, if I fix and reassemble it, at the end of the day(s) I'll still have a clone Ashbury ASW338LM springer, with no markings, which I don't want, I'll never use, and isn't worth very much.

Am I falling into the 'polishing a t**d' trap? and would do better selling on the parts, rather than a heavy, not as good as a real VSR, compatable-ish  Ashbury RIF?

TLR is it actually worthwhile repairing it?

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[Cannonfodder]

As it was in the classifieds I'm guessing you want to get rid of it. If then I'd say fix it up first as a working gun is more likely to sell than a broken one. You probably won't get much for it but it'll cover the cost of parts. Also seeing the words easy fix in an advert can put some people off as if it is then why not do it yourself?

 

[MSSNAFU]

If it was ever to reappear in the classified's I wouldn't relist it as it was, the pic is just to show what it is I'm blathering on about . It would only reappear as fixed/working or as a pile of boneyard bits.

Its a bit of an academic question anyway as I have a bad case of fix-it-itis with airsoft bits - If its broken and I think I can fix it then even if I don't want it, I find myself dismantling and at least trying to repair it anyway!

The sear is already done. The hop unit had been modified at some point in the past, which is possibly why half a dozen broken bits of plastic fell out of it when I removed it! so I'm working on a fix for that, and as I dismantled it I found there's a problem with the cheek rest involving a broken piece of mazak which may actually turn out be the worst problem. Might have to invoke Dr Frankenstiens assistance!