Howa value

I have a Howa royal thai police model, any idea on value?

Softtail: that's a nice-looking HOWA there. I'm not sure on the numbers, but I've heard that as few as 839 or as many as 3,000 made it into the country. They are a well-built carbine, built on former USGI machines under US guidance.

Does your HOWA have a bayonet lug? That could affect the pricing, if it did have one (since they are pretty hard to find).

Last I heard (a few years ago), the ball-park price for a service-grade condition HOWA was $800, but I bet they've probably gone up since then. And of course that's probably only to a collector, since most non-carbine-collectors would say "it's not USGI, i'll give you $200."

Thanks for the info, no bayonet lug. I just wanted to get a ballpark value

softail817,

Here's a link to an outstanding web site about commercial carbines. The author has done an unbelievable amount of research and he's extremely knowledgeable.

If you have specific questions after reading it, you should contact the author. He's a member here and he's very responsive to questions sent to him.

HOWA M1 Carbine

~ Harlan