Worth It ?

[INLAND44]

Here's a interesting one....
A early 4 digit Inland.
To bad someone went wild with the steel wool.
Damn painters had to make sure they splattered paint specks on the stock also.

Early Inland M1 Carbine 4-digit 7-42 barrel : Curios and Relics at GunBroker.com

Not steel wool - most likely sand paper or a ScotchBrite pad. Steel wool would have been preferable. Too bad, too, because it was an otherwise untouched early Inland. I think somebody paid $1000 too much considering the scratched-up steel.