Who'd pay $3995 for THIS??

[LeagleEagle]

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...=190720973#PIC I sure wouldn't!

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[RCS]

Attachment 15879Attachment 15878Some people want a gas trap barrel and gas cylinder to shoot, but $4000 is still alot of money.
But thats what a good repro will cost you.

The original gas cylinder (photo) is worth that much by itself and an original barrel twice that amount and then some -

[Joe W]

As I said on the Culver site, if I had alot of extra money I might just go for it, but as things are, I don't even have to consider it.

[karl schmidt]

Nice looking outfit, a lot of work, I can understand the cost.
Serious question here - How many G. T. guns are thought to survive outside museums?
When was the last time one was up for sale?? The price??

[Mark in Rochester]

the price make me think it would be better to get the prints and try to make them yourself.

I am sure there woulb be obsticals - but none that could not be overcome.

Any college that teaches cnc may be able to run the parts for you

[karl schmidt]

Mark - How much are you charging for your GT parts sets??

A college cnc lab running off gun parts! Good luck with that idea!

[Mark in Rochester]

Mark - How much are you charging for your GT parts sets??

A college cnc lab running off gun parts! Good luck with that idea!

Have had parts made before - will post pic saturday - would not sell any parts due to the cost of product liability insurance - which may account for the cost of the current repro parts.

Also as a teaching assistant designed the class project which was to model a m1 trigger hsg and associated parts for the cad class

[browningautorifle]

There's a GT for sale on another site for $47500 I think. Letter from Billy Pyle and all. I know a man that had a 37,000 serial that would have loved to seen those partrs for sale.

[RCS]

I am glad that my restorations on gas trap M1's was done years ago when parts were available, not as expensive and you could trade with other collectors that were doing the same projects. The first keystone spring that I found was inside a 168xxx rifle with a S-A 12-40 bbl, barrel was also stamped CAl ST ALB VT in 1992.

Most difficult or next to impossible parts to find back then were - barrel,front handguard spacer without notch, front handguard ferrule with the lip and if were were working on early gas traps - any of the numbered handguards or rear sight pinion.Attachment 15897Attachment 15898Attachment 15896

[Bodyman]

A double sized cutaway training rifle - not all that rare and I have had several opportunities to buy one over the years for under a grand (well under ... and just when did they start doing 24 day auctions - can you say 'fishing' ...).

I spoke with one fella that had all four (I think they are the Garand, Thompson, Carbine and BAR). The Garands also come with clips and ammo that are usually missing, and there is even a neat box (with a manual) that everything fits into when it is disassembled. The box also doubles as a display stand for use during instruction.

The problem is once you have one of these (or all four), what the heck do you do with it? The thing is absolutely HUGE.

http://cgi.ebay.com/M1-Garand-Cutawa...item3a5deabd96



Heck, I thought it was neat to just get an original WWII instructional chart (I still think it is neat, and much easier to store ...). These are about 3 feet by 4 feet and you will all recognize the various pages because the different pictures are sold in high quality reproductions now.



Personally, if I had 4 grand I think the gastrap kit would be about as slick as all getout - it looks like a very high quality reproduction (where many of the repopped gastrap parts are not all that special), and you could shoot it if you wanted. Very impressive accomplishment. Imagine what the guys at Perry would say if you showed up at the matches with a gastrap ...

Now for those of you that made it all the way thru this little tome, if you want a gastrap picture then here is a gastrap picture for you.



I got to study and disassemble two of them side by side and it was an advanced lesson in original gastraps that I doubt I will ever get to repeat. But 7 - when is the last time this many were all together at the same time! No idea who might own them or what serial numbers they might be, I just got it on email. I do not think there are even museums that can manage this many - maybe SANHS, but that is about it (that is a good question - how many does SANHS have in their collection?). Heck, I think even Bob would have to call a few friends over, ...

Man, the second one even has finish on the cylinder still ...