S'G' Ebay Flip Sight

[ChipS]

I know that now may not be the time to bring this up but I didn't expect the below auction result. Assuming legitimate bids, three bidders are sure it's the real deal and three appear to be on the fence. I think it's a $20 Shanghai special but I'm not a real expert. What say the Forum? ChipS

M 1 Carbine Flip Sight Original Saginaw Gear Marked | eBay

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[USGI]

I bid on his WRA dummy rounds, but wouldn't have bid on the sight. The pin staking doesn't look like any I've seen. For some reason, the "exposure" of the images is way off and I don't believe shows true coloring. - Bob

[tenOC]

Recent auctions for fake flips have been $171, $265, $270. All were for sights costing $150 out of a catalog I'm told.

[Rustship]

I say it was Real !

[deldriver]

I say it was Real !

Very much so!

[tenOC]

Looks real to me.

[carwashchris]

Yes real, very light in color [ maybe the camera flash or lighting ] but the color does make you wonder, especially when it's expensive.

[wtmr]

i bid it was real--never got a smell

[ChipS]

Like I said, I am no expert but there are at least four and maybe five features of this sight that make me believe it is totally bogus, or at least a partially bogus put-together from parts. The most glaring is the thin raised tracks milled under the male dovetail edges and virtually no other visible mill marks on the bottom of the base. I don't think this is giving anything new to the humpers and I won't talk about the other three or four clues I see. Am I imagining things? This is a LOT of money spent on this thing and will possibly affect a trend. JMHO ChipS

[tenOC]

Might be a fake auction. This isn't the most expensive flip ever talked about on Milsurps. Two yrs ago there was another dedicated thread of one priced at just over this one. Three-forty something. Which was also high retail. So the precedent was set then. I wouldn't sell my nicest S prime sight for even 400.

The rails look like drag marks. The only thing I see of question without it being in hand is the color. I don't claim to be an expert on anything Carbine other than flip sights. Looks like there's a return policy so it will turn up for sale again if fake.
My impression of the auction was someone was teaching someone else that they can't steam roll a steam roller. Iows, there are buyers who buy the market by out spending others, but this time it didn't work.