value of Underwood M1

[deldriver]

Thanks. Do the thin part that makes it a high wood have a tendency to crack there? Or were you saying that if it cracks anywhere?

Yes, the highwood stocks tended to crack where the wood partially covered the slide. As far as your stock being collectible, it is to some degree, but because your carbine has the type three barrel band on it, impressions will be left in the nose of your stock that will turn true collectors off to one degree or another. True collectors want to see only type one barrel band marks on the nose of stock like this. Still, it's a very nice looking stock with only a few issues. I think 150 to maybe 200 is more like it, but crazy things happen in today's carbine world on a daily basis.

[USGI]

You can buy a solid, non-collectable USGI replacement stock anywhere (Fleabay, GunBroker, WTS forums, gunshows, etc.) for about $30-$50

That sounds a bit low for a solid USGI replacement. I got a good walnut SA at What-a-Country for $55 about 5 years ago, but they had "c" tip slings for $45 then, too. - Bob

[ChipS]

That sounds a bit low for a solid USGI replacement. I got a good walnut SA at What-a-Country for $55 about 5 years ago, but they had "c" tip slings for $45 then, too. - Bob

Yes, I think you're right. I didn't consider shipping and I tend to live a few years in the past. Many $20 stocks on eBay but hardly good, sound stocks. $60-$80 is probably closer but you can score a real deal every now and then because there are so many average M2 stocks out there in the market. ChipS

[USGI]

you can score a real deal every now and then because there are so many average M2 stocks out there in the market.

Yep, I agree - always on the lookout for those! - Bob

[USGI]

I knew this nicer M2 'SA' stock would go pretty high, but this surprised me a bit. - Bob
http://www.ebay.com/itm/M1-Carbine-s...-/281906994938

[edteach]

If those are going for that kind of money what are the high wood worth?

[imntxs554]

Nice well used Import Carbine and you can still see the Flaming Bomb Ordnance stamp on the Rear Bevel. I would get a Shooter Stock for it and save that High Wood from Cracking or Splitting. Check out this website and look at some of there New and Used M1 Carbine Stocks with Handguards. They have some without breaking the Bank.

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[DaveHH]

Some people view a carbine as a bunch of parts, others look at it as a living unit that had a history and a story. The price is fine and as a shooter example it is what 90% of carbines look like (except for the blue sky stamp). As I said, some people look at these things as a pile of parts and immediately want to break them up. I have a NPM that I bought as a shooter from CMP. It has some parts that are valuable like a Rockola hammer. I just shoot it and enjoy it. I have no interest in solving some mysterious puzzle that I don't really have an answer for. It is what it is and did what it did, I wouldn't want to destroy that karma to solve a puzzle.

[edteach]

[QUOTE=DaveHH;353025]Some people view a carbine as a bunch of parts, others look at it as a living unit that had a history and a story. The price is fine and as a shooter example it is what 90% of carbines look like (except for the blue sky stamp). As I said, some people look at these things as a pile of parts and immediately want to break them up. I have a NPM that I bought as a shooter from CMP. It has some parts that are valuable like a Rockola hammer. I just shoot it and enjoy it. I have no interest in solving some mysterious puzzle that I don't really have an answer for. It is what it is and did what it did, I wouldn't want to destroy that karma to solve a puzzle.[QUOTE]
I am right there with you. I have always felt that having a gun that was used for war as it came from the factory was missing the point. I used this as an example and the purists missed the point and it went over their head. A Luger has every part numbered. One part say a hold open lever does not have the last two numbers that match and its not matching and the price drops. A Colt that has one serial no could have had several different firing pins screws hammers ect and its considered all original because there is no way to track if that particular piece came with that particular gun from the factory. Even a Carbine or Garand that has the correct maker for a part but is not the part that it was manufactured with is considered original. So its a bit of a BS game for me. If that is how you want to play that is your business. I don't tell someone how to collect or what to collect. But for me a gun that was used and was there and had parts swapped out in battle is more original than a gun that was pulled off the line and stored for a museum and is untouched. I would rather have a K98 that was worn and known to be at Stalingrad then one that was captured at the factory unshot.

[USGI]

If those are going for that kind of money what are the high wood worth?

Here's one that's going for more than I expected - compare it to yours. - Bob
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221993326018