M1 Carbine Opinion

[Wineman]

This is where patience since you don't "need" a Carbine is going to come in handy. If you want one, and don't want to spend $2,000 keep looking. The $1,000 ones are still out there, but it is a sellers market. Midway and the internet putting prices higher is not helping. Any parts kit AR will out shoot any M1 Carbine, all day any day. Sexy, no. Historical, yes if you consider it has outlasted every other US military arm (1911's???). Even the Taliban is rocking AR's these days. But they were not on Iwo Jima, Bastogne, or Inchon. When something goes from tool prices to fine art prices, all bets are off. People pay millions for some canvas and oil paint. However, there were not 6,000,000 Van Goghs all together, including copies.

Good luck and we hope you make a deal satisfactory to both parties.

Dave

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[maxwells]

Thank You again for all your replies and support. You really went above & beyond to help. I know there is nothing else really to say but the guy told me that he is stuck on the $2000. He is in his 70's and he took this out of a house a long time ago. I guess to him it is special. You can see he never cleaned it. The one thing he said is that he saw some on Midway Arms that they are getting ready to sell and he said they go from $1200 up to $2400. I don't understand that they are so much for ones with an import mark and people are going to buy them up.

Thanks,
maxwells

[browningautorifle]

he said they go from $1200 up to $2400.

Most people that quote you these pie in the sky prices don't understand the differences between what they have and what they see. They also can't understand asking price and selling price are two different things. You make an offer and leave it, sometimes you don't get it. He never cleaned it because he didn't care much, it was nothing. Now he's had a look online and thinks he's going to be rich from it.