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Originally Posted by
edteach
Thanks. Do the thin part that makes it a high wood have a tendency to crack there? Or were you saying that if it cracks anywhere?
Yes, the highwood stocks tended to crack where the wood partially covered the slide. As far as your stock being collectible, it is to some degree, but because your carbine has the type three barrel band on it, impressions will be left in the nose of your stock that will turn true collectors off to one degree or another. True collectors want to see only type one barrel band marks on the nose of stock like this. Still, it's a very nice looking stock with only a few issues. I think 150 to maybe 200 is more like it, but crazy things happen in today's carbine world on a daily basis.
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Originally Posted by
ChipS
You can buy a solid, non-collectable USGI replacement stock anywhere (Fleabay, GunBroker, WTS forums, gunshows, etc.) for about $30-$50
That sounds a bit low for a solid USGI replacement. I got a good walnut SA at What-a-Country for $55 about 5 years ago, but they had "c" tip slings for $45 then, too. - Bob
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Originally Posted by
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That sounds a bit low for a solid USGI replacement. I got a good walnut SA at What-a-Country for $55 about 5 years ago, but they had "c" tip slings for $45 then, too. - Bob
Yes, I think you're right. I didn't consider shipping and I tend to live a few years in the past. Many $20 stocks on eBay but hardly good, sound stocks. $60-$80 is probably closer but you can score a real deal every now and then because there are so many average M2 stocks out there in the market. ChipS
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Originally Posted by
ChipS
you can score a real deal every now and then because there are so many average M2 stocks out there in the market.
Yep, I agree - always on the lookout for those! - Bob
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I knew this nicer M2 'SA' stock would go pretty high, but this surprised me a bit. - Bob
http://www.ebay.com/itm/M1-Carbine-s...-/281906994938
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If those are going for that kind of money what are the high wood worth?
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Nice well used Import Carbine and you can still see the Flaming Bomb Ordnance stamp on the Rear Bevel. I would get a Shooter Stock for it and save that High Wood from Cracking or Splitting. Check out this website and look at some of there New and Used M1 Carbine Stocks with Handguards. They have some without breaking the Bank.
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You might also just leave it alone
Some people view a carbine as a bunch of parts, others look at it as a living unit that had a history and a story. The price is fine and as a shooter example it is what 90% of carbines look like (except for the blue sky stamp). As I said, some people look at these things as a pile of parts and immediately want to break them up. I have a NPM that I bought as a shooter from CMP. It has some parts that are valuable like a Rockola hammer. I just shoot it and enjoy it. I have no interest in solving some mysterious puzzle that I don't really have an answer for. It is what it is and did what it did, I wouldn't want to destroy that karma to solve a puzzle.
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Originally Posted by
edteach
If those are going for that kind of money what are the high wood worth?
Here's one that's going for more than I expected - compare it to yours. - Bob
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221993326018
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