Bavarian Carbines -- Intro??

[Jim Nasium]

All,
I have always been intrigued by things Teutonic. Thus I have a smattering of those items in my collection. Note my avatar has a BMW motorcycle and sidecar rig. Got quite a bit of USGI stuff too. Carbines, of course, a couple of M1Garands, 1911 .45's and the like. When the Bavarian Carbines came to market at CMP, I felt that as a collector of Carbines, I should try to have one or two. At least one example of the type.
Then CMP started auctioning off complete sets... Six of them, one from each of the civil police organizations. Oh MY !!! I wrestled with this for some time. Big bucks for this country boy too.... Schazam !! Where in the world would I get that kind of moolah??
But I've got a secret weapon.. My sweet wife!! I met her at a combat pistol match, and she was entered. That girl knows how to use a .45 !! And she NEVER complains about any of the toys I bring home. Most often, she wants to try the trigger.... Talk about marrying over my head, I DID!!
We talked it over, and she agreed that I should make a special effort in this case. So I "won" the bid on one of the 12 sets. They should be delivered sometime next week (wk of Jan 25).
If there is any interest from the forum, I would be happy to submit a sort of photo journal of my foray into the "Carbine Teutonic". I am really excited about this, and cannot wait to see what the FedEx man bringeth. If you wish, I'll be happy to share.

Ronnie Fry, aka "Jim Nasium"

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[painter777]

What can we say?
You know we want to see them !!
BTW, Tell your wife......we love her also

;-)
Charlie

[Tired Retired]

Jim, you can keep your little photos. And since you are happy to share, just send the carbines - oh, and the wife! LOL

Seriously, of course we would like to see pics of the complete set. I am curious as to the manufacturers that you got also, the types of finishes, the serial numbers, the barrel bands, the bolts, the barrel dates, the.....

[jdcarb]

Ronnie I for one would appreciate info and photos of your good fortune. I ordered three of the flip sight forestry bavarians. All received in good shape. I know you will enjoy. Barry aka Jdcarb

[phil441]

Hi Barry,
Glad you finally spoke up! You're one of us here so no need to hang back.

[kikokat]

Ronnie,

Congratulations on getting that set of "Bavarian" carbines. I would of if I could have. Sounds like you're extrememly fortunate in the wife department as well.

You may already be familiar with the Bavarian M1 Carbine web site that Jim Mock has so laboriusly developed, but if not you'll enjoy it. Here's the link:

Home Page

Of course we'd all love to see pics of yours when you can. Jim might well be interested as well for his site. You may want to email him. I do know he was back at CMP when they were sorting through all those "Bavarians". I believe he got a lot of good and new info for his site.

Thanks for sharing.
John

[Mikey51]

Congrats ! A good score. Contact Jim Mock, BavarianM1Carbines.com for advice about them. He sorted them out at CMP. Him and me have been partners in "Bavarian Carbine Crime" for a long time. Cheers, Mikey 51.

[BHP]

Ronnie, if it was me, FedEx dude better tote around a defibrillator My one Bavarian SG from CMP.

Upper Austria

And just for grins, SG Inland hand picked at south store. Was already holding another carbine when the wife said "This is a pretty one". Yuppers!

Austria Vorarlberg

As you can tell, I also encourage you to contact Jim.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Very exciting Ronnie! I'll be waiting in anticipation of seeing them as if they were coming to me!

PS - Does your wife have a sister who's single?

[Jim Nasium]

I am remiss for not giving Jim credit at the very first.... It is his excellent work on the Bavarians that first piqued my interest.
Please, Jim, if you have any imput, of whatever kind, please jump right in. I suspect that most of what is coming is old hat to you by now. So forgive my puerile attempts.

Ronnie