Bavarian carbine ( help )

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Jim Mock has done a wonderful job collecting, categorizing and presenting his findings about Bavarian marked carbines. It had to have been a huge undertaking. He has a nice site where you can go to find information.
U.S. Carbines during the American Occupation

I am sure to be slammed for saying this. But personally, I don’t care for them. Are most of them in pretty good condition, so it seems. But they made changes to the carbines. The darkened finish, site changes, etc. It’s the electric pencil scratching I don’t like. Does it add history to that particular carbine, sure. Is it American history, no. Is it imported back to the US, yes? Well so are a bunch of other carbines, some in as nice a condition.

A few years back TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) carbines were brought up. They kind of got the Boo Hoo from folks for the TVA marking. But wasn’t that a part of the history to that particular carbine as well? Is it better to have a carbine from the police or forestry service of a country we fought against and defeated in two World Wars? Or a carbine used by a United States federally owned corporation started in 1933 during the depression? How many people know about the TVA? Here is a site you can go to that will explain about them, pretty interesting reading. Tennessee Valley Authority - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Most folks want WW2 factory released configuration carbines. How about the field upgrades done during WW2? What about the arsenal work done between WW2 and the Korean War? Then again changes to be used in Viet Nam. All of that is history to those particular carbines, and sometimes they get harshly talked about. Whereas the Bavarian marked, to me, seem to get a free pass. I don’t get it.

I like original carbines, and rebuilt in American arsenal carbines. But I also have some import marked carbines in my safes. The prices were too good to pass up at the time. But I don’t prefer them, they are mostly shooters.

The good thing about collecting is you have your choice to acquire what interests you.