This is my first post to your website, I have been a carbine fan for 30+ years. I am very interested to hear what the members think about the S'G' rifle and how it stacks up in collectability to the Irwin Pederson. Are the S'G' rifles built under the IP contract considered more desirable than the ones built under the Saginaw contract?
I have a real unusual one, it's a S'G' in the 3.24 million range with an Inland Barrel and an S'G' triger group that appears to be original finish. I can take pictures if any one is interested. My impression, based on 10 years as a manufacturing engineer, is that this got built to complete a contract with what ever was laying around. Since Inland, SG, and S'G' were all owned by GM, this seems reasonable.
Now for the good stuff, if you look up GB Auction #154357996 you will see what I believe to be a fake S'G'. The reasons are these; restamp of manufacturer, no locating hole on left side of receiver, wide tang on back of receiver. It may be that the person selling it does not know, since he took a very clear picture of the left side of the receiver.
Saginaw S'G' M1Carbine : Semi-auto at GunBroker.com
Now the real one, on GB Auction #153570595 there is a Saginaw listed that is really an S'G' for these reasons; The serial # is in the IP Block, the channel for the slide is fly cut (only on IP's and S'G' is this feature visible) and it has an Underwood barrel. The flycut is a dead giveaway on this maker, no other maker used this approach leaving visible machining marks. This rifle is right around $700 with a few hours until the auction closes.
WW2 M1 Carbine Saginaw General Motors-SG 9-43 Mfg. : Curios and Relics at GunBroker.com
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