Will Buyers Ever Get Smarter?

[painter777]

no offense but with two companies making "factory new" m1 carbines,,,,, I don't see the point in going for a mix master and twice the cost of them. Still not sure if the new factory guns are actually worth the time and investment. But hey, its ok for people to be stupid.

Years ago at a local gun shop my Wife came scooting over and whispered they have M1 carbines back there. Whispered as if a item had the wrong price tag on it. They were commercial carbines. I've never owned a commercial one but have worked on and test fired a few early Plainfields for friends.

For me if you can understand, we grew up getting our first firearms for Xmas at age 5. Sometimes new sometimes used but every year to come until late in my Fathers life. Not counting the arms we'd buy at the flea markets with our chore money. Or the misc collections passed down over the years from my Brother, Uncles and the Grandpa's. The ones Dad bought us came with strings attached, some we were told to never shoot and some for shooting. But hanging on the wall for as long as I can remember was Dad's War gun. We'd come in from playing War and I remember pointing it out to my young buddies who still recognize it today. It will always be the corner stone of my collection. A long story on how he got it home from the Philippines but thank God for Australians ! We never fired and never touched the War gun. It wasn't until he was sick that I pulled it out and looked in to it. A .30 cal M1 carbine was what I read and that was as much as I knew about them. As his health and memory faded I studied and researched it deeper. Long road getting beat up as a new guy on forums but I relate these USGI arms to those like my Father. And it's not a snow ball but more like an avalanche if that bug hits you. Many use and love the commercials and I figure that just puts less wear and tear on a USGI carbine, so all around its a win. The cost is what it is. But to be honest I know this hobby has cost me more than I paid for my home when purchased in 1986. I could go on and on, but I'm hoping this gives you a better understanding why I for one prefer the history and memories that these particular Milsurps provide. Built at a time when all pitched in and did without for a common cause. A truly United States of America. Wouldn't it be nice to see and feel some of that now, here in this day and age ?
Dad passed away on my Deceased Sisters Birthday Jan 30, 2017 at the age of 91. He is buried at The Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery

VR,
Charlie-P777