I picked up 27 boxes of LC 71 .30 Carbine last month on GunBroker for a little over $30/box. Perhaps resale of CMP ammo. Since CMP was out, I'm happy.
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I picked up 27 boxes of LC 71 .30 Carbine last month on GunBroker for a little over $30/box. Perhaps resale of CMP ammo. Since CMP was out, I'm happy.
Good ammo score Bob. What is the marking on the back of that, what looks like to be, a Hardback 30 you have there ?. Thanks. Mike.
DCM price on .30 Carbine was .04 @ round...1200 round case (two cans, bandoleers and stripper clips) $48.00 plus Railway Express collect charges. (The big green truck with the red diamonds)
Hi Mike, I got the (2) mags from the same guy that had the ammo. The 15 rounder is marked BW, and I gave $10 for it. I couldn't believe the Hardback was still there, probably 3 hours into the show - $20 price tag on it. It's marked SEY - a little bit of discoloration, but not bad. He had 6 boxes of the ammo on the table and I bought all of it. He wanted to know if I was interested in more. Yes! ;) - so he made a quick trip home and brought me back 10 more boxes. - BobQuote:
Originally Posted by Mikey51
Bob,
You scored on the ammo and the mags. Good going.
Good buying Bob. I have a few boxes of 42-43 Lake City. Those genuine hardbacks are hard to find. If I see a 30 for sale, where the indents follow the curve of the mag, I tell the wife I'll be home when I have located it and had a look at it. She understands. Hard to find. Some of us here on the forum have a few, but are reluctant to post pics of the stampings/markings in case we help the dishonest folk. I think the few that I have come across will be from the Korean/Vietnam conflicts. I am still trying to establish why they are so rare. I think Bill R will know much, much more than me on that subject. Mike.
Bill emailed me once that all the hardbacks and the split backs marked SEY, A.I. and the really rare A1/M2 (got one!) were made in 1945-46. The "J" split backs were made in the mid-60s if memory serves me right. They made a lot more split backs than the more expensive to manufacture hardbacks. Supposedly the guys who used carbines for a living would always grab the hardbacks over the split backs when resupplied.
I think they are "rare" because they obviously don't make true USGI "banana clips" anymore and so many were lost in action, worn out & tossed away. Plus they hold 30-rounds. :D