My first to hold and shoot was an Inland in Viet Nam.
My first to own was a Rock-Ola. Hooked from there.
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My first to hold and shoot was an Inland in Viet Nam.
My first to own was a Rock-Ola. Hooked from there.
No really she is gonna kill me!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tired Retired
Back in 2006 I saw an ad on GunsAmerica for a Saginaw S'G' for $850. Guy in the ad said he was selling it for an estate, claimed it had been in the same family since the end of WW2. I had sort of a positive hunch so I went ahead and bought it, Turned out to be an original unaltered S'G". Flip sight, Type I barrel band (real ones), S'G" parts and even an IP marked mag catch. S'G" cartouched high wood stock, felt like I'd won at bingo!. Sold it a year later on GB for twice what I'd paid for it. Wish I still had it!
Apparently they are fairly uncommon and considering their history it would have to be a special carbine. My first carbine (until last month my only carbine) was bought in the late 60s for $150. I just used it to take camping and shooting with little regard for how I handled it. I had 7 15r and 3 genuine 30s, so that was that. It was a Winchester and I stumbled upon this site and started to take a very close look at the carbine. The wonderful people here (especially BQ) led me through the process. It was remarkable how a new owner can look but not see with these carbines. I now know a lot more about these things and after buying the latest one an NPM, I can really see how this can become habit forming. Each carbine while the same as all the others is uniquely different, each has a story to tell, to a much greater extent than the Garand. They are and always will be a pure example of Industrial Art in its greatest form. We and no other country could do this; 6 million in three years. The fact that after all these years, they endure says volumes about the design and quality. I want an S'G', just as an example of how, against great resistance, success was snatched from the jaws of failure by one determined talented man, William Doerfner.
Here is my Saginaw S'G' M1 Carbine that I bought in Nov 2001 for $428:
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:D RonJon
S'G' $350
Hi MJ,
Nice to see your still taking good care of that one.
I'm sure your mess kit also ;-)
Always nice seeing your pics !
Cheers,
Charlie-painter777
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We had three large and two small shipments come through our base armory and I recall a total of just over 700carbines during my watch. That doesn't include other WW2 arms we serviced and issued to the CIDG's, ARVN's and security teams and very nasty other peoples around the central highlands in '67.
Very nice and great collection. Thanks for sharing. Was the reputation for the carbine as bad with the ARVNS, etc as it was from the vets from Korea?
