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What are the odds of a collector finding a set like this 20 years apart? Actually a member on this forum owns these, and by chance found the twin to 476 just a month ago. Both Carbines are Pristine and Original. Again what are the odds. Does anyone on here have a set of consectutive serial numbers.
was a couple ibms consecutive for sale on GB last week for $4500, bet Paul be smiling
They even look alike. Color, only one bomb, but remarkable. Same bolts same bluing.
Amazing.
Dave if you look close I think I see a bomb on each one.
Said parts were similar too.
I read a while back in a CC newsletter. There is a person with consecutive E numbered carbines. Now that is nice.
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Originally Posted by Rustship
Oh, the lives of the Rich and Famous ... I mean the rich and RICH
That really is a great "cool" factor to your collection!
Very nice indeed!!
once in a lifetime.
Rusty, do you know if he found them in and around the same area?
I got the feeling that they came out of the same crate and stayed together until 20 years ago.....Frank
Frank,
He had the one for over 20 yrs, about a month ago he was looking in an on-line auction and showing me one he was thinking about, and we were doing this over the phone. I read out the serial number (cause you know his sight isnt worth a crap) and he said that sounds mighty familiar. Went to his Gun Safe, looked at his, and it was consecutive. You should have heard him (he had laid the phone down). I cant repeat what he was screaming....LOL. He came back to the phone breathing all hard and said nobody is gonna out bid me on this one, and they didnt. What are the odds!
Rusty, that's great.
Some carbine collecting legend going on down south.
What a story!!! I love it.....Frank
Definitely an Ordnance bomb on both. The left one probably refinished since the bomb is so 'soft'.
Those are 2 seriously beautiful Carbines............:thup:
Ive got a number of Consec sets of Garands but who likes those BIG rifles anyway...LOL
Have you posted pictures? Even if it is on the Garand forum, that would be interesting viewing. Personally I only have 4, that's enough of those "BIG rifles" for me.
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This begs the question, though: what is the largest number of consecutive serial numbers in a collection? 2? 3? 14?
This also re-inspired me. I was reasonably content having 2 Underwoods from the same serial number block; one all original (never modified, never restored), and the other a barely-fired post-war rebuild with all the updates.
Now, I obviously need more............
The same person has Underwood E240 and E241 and posted pictures in the past. I have also seen E245 many years ago.
I've seen the pictures of E240 & E241. That is a special pair.
I was in Mr Mac's collection before he died a year or two ago. He had boxes of Sisters and twins. Garands. I did not know at the time what they were.
Twins, a Winchester and a SA with the same serial number.
Sisters, a Winchester and a SA with consective numbers.
I was there buying carbines not interested in the Garands. He had another pile of consective numbered SA's or Winchesters. I was too busy looking at a late Inland receiver with an Inland 1944 barrel with what looked like a 22 caliber bore. He had not pluged the chamber to see what it was. But it was a real WWII Inland dated barrel in 22. No telling where that is now. It could have been .243 or .223 or .222, or something like that.
Sounds like some pretty nice things to have.