Quote Originally Posted by ap3572001 View Post
Thank You ! I got it now!
As a final data point, my experience has been that there are many "Winchester" collectors out there who want to collect anything with the Winchester name on it, including hand tools (yes, they made some).

Anyway, once these folks discover that Winchester made Garands and carbines during WWII, they immediately want one each of those.

Some of these guys ONLY buy the name on the receiver, without knowing anything about M1s or carbines, and sometimes they pay BIG bucks for parts guns.

Ubfortunately for the rest of us, this strange fixation on the Winchester brand keeps the prices somewhat higher than they would logically be. Of course, their rarity helps keep prices inflated too.