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    GB Underwood - HUGE Price!!!!

    Why so much for this? It is very very nice but this price? Am I missing something?

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    It look's like it was kept under someones bed during WW-2 and never went to war, I like to see more wear and dings on a WW-2 carbine, a been their, did that, look. could care less about a new looking gun with little look's of an old combat vet. with the battle scares of history. naaa....not for me, JMO.

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    Others thought otherwise. Crazy sales like this and the gander mountain asking prices are making this a unfun sport

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    Now that I am bitten by the bug I am looking forward to someone explaining why the example noted is so pricey. Is this sector of collecting undergoing an explosion of interest lately, like vintage safety razors for example? Bitten by that bug too.

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    I like to see more wear and dings on a WW-2 carbine, a been their, did that, look. could care less about a new looking gun with little look's of an old combat vet. with the battle scares of history.
    You mean like this wear? The circle P is worn down and the grip shows the wear from field use. From repeatedly being set down and leaned against something I assume.

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    Looks like it's seen very little use. Has just enough dust/grease/oil to make me think that it hasn't been refinished. As said I like that 'been there-done that look'.
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    Quote Originally Posted by shadycon View Post
    Looks like it's seen very little use. Has just enough dust/grease/oil to make me think that it hasn't been refinished. As said I like that 'been there-done that look'.
    https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=38776
    Yes the for sale one does look rather pristine. Mine in the pics shows some wear but not oo bad. But about the one for sale, is it rare enough to warrant a 7k price tag?

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    Quote Originally Posted by HDSledge View Post
    Yes the for sale one does look rather pristine. Mine in the pics shows some wear but not oo bad. But about the one for sale, is it rare enough to warrant a 7k price tag?
    Not even close to that. BTW, the front sight pin has been messed with and even has had some touch up bluing done to the end of the pin. At the issue with the front right edge of the dovetail...chipping, covered up stake mark or glare?
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    Some of you are thinking it's a real auction. What a couple of guys have always done is run a fake auction for attention or they do it to fool a noob into offering the same or similar amount of money for some mint, pristine arm and the seller sinks the hook deeply into the noob 'letting' them buy it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tenOC View Post
    Some of you are thinking it's a real auction. What a couple of guys have always done is run a fake auction for attention or they do it to fool a noob into offering the same or similar amount of money for some mint, pristine arm and the seller sinks the hook deeply into the noob 'letting' them buy it.
    Not knowing anything about that particular items' value, I thought it was a real auction. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that employees or friends are shill bidding the price up. Vintage firearms auctions are apparently a great place for scammers to make some money they didn't earn.

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    Quote Originally Posted by deldriver View Post
    Not even close to that. BTW, the front sight pin has been messed with and even has had some touch up bluing done to the end of the pin. At the issue with the front right edge of the dovetail...chipping, covered up stake mark or glare?
    deldriver,
    You have sharp eye's, looking at pic.23 and 49 you can see where the front sight pin has been messed with and an attempt to cover it up, same thing on the front right edge of the dovetail.
    I know because I have done this same thing on one a few years back, but did not do it to try and pass it off as "MINT WW-2 gun",.... I was just trying to put the correct sight and bayonet lug on a gun that's all.
    I still don't think their is such a thing as a mint WW-2 carbine, except for a few that may have been sent to a museum from the co. that made them. JMO.

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