Un-quality carbine

[topaz]

Does anyone know how many un-quality survived ?

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[wtmr]

I think I read estimate of maybe only under 10,000 were actually made or accepted in carb club newsletter

[Johnny Peppers]

US&S delivered 28,949 receivers to Quality Hardware.

[wtmr]

None of statistics of the Greek or Italian returns show the percentage of to be that high a number. It seems possible a bunch were rejected. I read that somewhere

[topaz]

So some had to be lost in action and some to other countries, So a good guess is 10.000.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

No one has a real count as to how many of any maker has survived to today. Guessimates from data sheets, what you see at the shows, things like that are a general clue. And what's stuffed away in grandpa's closet? What is known is Un-Quality guns are hard to come by.

[raycer911]

I was fortunate to be able to buy two "UN-Quality" barreled receivers through the Carbine Club about ten years ago --they cost $328 each at the time. After putting them together with all correct QHMC parts (according to Carbine Club Newsletter #338, November 2006), I still have fun taking one of them to a gunshow table that offers several carbines and playing dumb newbie, asking, "What is this, some kind of reject?" then waiting to see what the guy does! You'd probably not be surprised how many tell me it's a reject that was never accepted, but he'll give me $350 for it anyway!

[phillydude]

one is on gunbroker now, and i seen an auction today where a guy was asking $799 for 5 de-milled receivers

[ulflyer]

What is "Un-Quality"? I know Underwood made lots of barrels for Qual Hdwr but not sure what this thread is about.

[usgicollector]

Union Switch & Signal made receivers fir QHMC.
They were marked on the heel UN-QUALITY.
They are a more rare variant and popular because of the name and the way it reads.

WTMR should know the number remaining because he has 3/4's of them!!!