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    Who'd pay $3995 for THIS??

    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...=190720973#PIC I sure wouldn't!
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    gas trap barrel and cylinder

    Attachment 15879Attachment 15878Some people want a gas trap barrel and gas cylinder to shoot, but $4000 is still alot of money.
    But thats what a good repro will cost you.

    The original gas cylinder (photo) is worth that much by itself and an original barrel twice that amount and then some -

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    As I said on the Culvericon site, if I had alot of extra money I might just go for it, but as things are, I don't even have to consider it.

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    Nice looking outfit, a lot of work, I can understand the cost.
    Serious question here - How many G. T. guns are thought to survive outside museums?
    When was the last time one was up for sale?? The price??

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    the price make me think it would be better to get the prints and try to make them yourself.

    I am sure there woulb be obsticals - but none that could not be overcome.

    Any college that teaches cnc may be able to run the parts for you
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    Mark - How much are you charging for your GT parts sets??

    A college cnc lab running off gun parts! Good luck with that idea!

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    There's a GT for sale on another site for $47500 I think. Letter from Billy Pyle and all. I know a man that had a 37,000 serial that would have loved to seen those partrs for sale.
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    Quote Originally Posted by karl schmidt View Post
    Mark - How much are you charging for your GT parts sets??

    A college cnc lab running off gun parts! Good luck with that idea!
    Have had parts made before - will post pic saturday - would not sell any parts due to the cost of product liability insurance - which may account for the cost of the current repro parts.

    Also as a teaching assistant designed the class project which was to model a m1 trigger hsg and associated parts for the cad class
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    gas trap rifles

    I am glad that my restorations on gas trap M1icon's was done years ago when parts were available, not as expensive and you could trade with other collectors that were doing the same projects. The first keystone spring that I found was inside a 168xxx rifle with a S-A 12-40 bbl, barrel was also stamped CAl ST ALB VT in 1992.

    Most difficult or next to impossible parts to find back then were - barrel,front handguard spacer without notch, front handguard ferrule with the lip and if were were working on early gas traps - any of the numbered handguards or rear sight pinion.Attachment 15897Attachment 15898Attachment 15896

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    I advertised for GT cylinders in SGN back in the 1970's, got two replies: one at $35 and the other at $50. Of course, I bought the cheap one and turned down the expensive one. Who would want more than one? Dumb is dumb.

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