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    WRA 12-42 barrel on GB

    Thoughts on this barrel?


    M1icon Carbine Winchester barrel dated 12-42 non impor : Other at GunBroker.com


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    M1 Carbine Winchester barrel dated 12-42 non impor : Other at GunBroker.com
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    OMG! That is as fake as they get! This guy won't ever stop!
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    Looks like one of the newly mfgd. carbine barrels by DPMS that this seller and the one in MI have been known to hump in the past. No surprises. Fake crap from the all time fake crapper himself.

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    right. shouldn't there be milling marks all along the barrel as well (those rings)?

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    Here's a WRA stock, where the seller is willing to stamp a CC on for $20 more............

    WWII M1icon Carbine Winchester Walnut High Wood Stock : Semi-auto at GunBroker.com



    WWII M1 Carbine Winchester Walnut High Wood Stock : Semi-auto at GunBroker.com


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    Quote Originally Posted by trekvana View Post
    right. shouldn't there be milling marks all along the barrel as well (those rings)?
    WRA barrels don't have the heavy milling rings seen on Underwood or IBM barrels.

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    what a hack, the stampings on the barrel werent even centered

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    looks kinda like the "new" fake Saginaw SG barrel the gentleman in Minnesota sold me a few years ago.

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    Should I post a pic of real a 12-42 win. barrel stamp tomorrow?.....Frank

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