My Saginaw. Finished

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

imarangemaster,

I have to be the Eeyore here. And I am sure to get flamed by some. And if I am out of line the moderators will also let me know and reprimand me. But I have to say it.

OK, here is the scenario we were talking about just a few weeks ago when you were putting these repo parts on. It was mentioned that somewhere down the line it could be sold.

But no, it was going into a shadow box as a tribute/honor to your father.

Skip forward only a few weeks, needs change and it is for sale. It's your weapon, and as said before, you can do whatever you want to or with it. I'm sure you can build another to honor your father later when or if life happens again for the better. No disrespect meant. Everyone at times has run into a financial situation.

I don't think the disclaimers "Don't want to sell on Gunbroker because of the repro sight and band. Figure the folks here have more class and won't try to fake anyone." and "The sling, Type one band, and Type one rear sight are repros from Nick Daley. While they are nice, they would not fool anyone." is correct. Maybe they won't fool the first buyer, because they read this and bought it off of the WTS. And it will sell, because $675 delivered with the extra items you listed is a fair deal. But if they are buying just to resell and make some money, will they tell the next buyer? Probably not.

You have said many times you are a shooter and not a collector. And many people are. Nothing wrong with that. Some of us are both. We shoot some of our carbines. But with original G.I. parts on them. Some we probably never fire just because we value them so highly.

From the way you talked before, I would have thought if you were ever going to take it out of your shadowbox to sell, you would at least have put the G.I. parts back on it. Then sell the repo parts.

But this way, sadly, all I can say is it's another win for the repo guys.

Jim