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The Sight is a Real good Fake. I'm not saying anything bad about the seller. It's well known that the L is darker than the Base, but this is not what showed me it was a Fake. I did see some real ones on this Collectors SG Sights among with many others on his M1
Carbine Collection. I took many pictures of both and I'm making a Collage on my Photo Editor for future references. He has been Collecting for 30 years and has so many Carbines and he had Several Sights in a box he put on a table showed me what to look for. (I ended up buying 4 among with so many parts) I showed him this and he took his sights out and pointed out the differences. There are a couple of other features you can look at and tell this is Fake. When I finish the Collage and if anyone would like to see it email me. Also, I agree with him about any Sight in pictures that is questionable is to have it and hold it and even though you can tell some are real through Pictures lighting and angles can be deceiving.
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The Sight is a Real good Fake. I'm not saying anything bad about the seller. It's well known that the L is darker than the Base, but this is not what showed me it was a Fake. I did see some real ones on this Collectors SG Sights among with many others on his
M1 Carbine Collection. I took many pictures of both and I'm making a Collage on my Photo Editor for future references. He has been Collecting for 30 years and has so many Carbines and he had Several Sights in a box he put on a table showed me what to look for. (I ended up buying 4 among with so many parts) I showed him this and he took his sights out and pointed out the differences. There are a couple of other features you can look at and tell this is Fake. When I finish the Collage and if anyone would like to see it email me. Also, I agree with him about any Sight in pictures that is questionable is to have it and hold it and even though you can tell some are real through Pictures lighting and angles can be deceiving.
I love these little Icons !
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We need to see a collage of the sights in that box. 
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What do these sights normally go for when they are known to be genuine? Over $300 seems a lot of money to pay even if it is an original item.
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Winning bid: US $338.00
Whether it's a fake or not, it's a LOT of MONEY for a simple flip slight of any kind. Prices like this are bound to cause fakes to show up.
Maybe some collectors see value in this flip sight, but the Value-to-Risk Ratio is not very conducive to making such a purchase, especially if the our Milsurps team of experts can't draw a definitive conclusion.
For me, I'd spend my money on something with less risk attached -- just my view.
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What I can't believe is that it started at 9.99 with NO Reserve. Then after that one Big Bid from that one guy it sky rocketed ! If the person that was selling it had bought it for like 125.00 from somewhere awhile back, then decided to sell it why didn't he list it for at least 75.00 for the Opening No Reserve Bid to recover some money he paid for it. He sure took a big Chance. One guy here posted something that was dead on about this Auction on that Sight. Shipping was 2.00 and didn't mention anything about Insurance. If someone else did this and new what it was going to get a lot for it he would have mentioned it would be sent Priority with Insurance. Maybe he did offer that when it sold for 338.00. JMO
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You're assuming he was the actual owner. I wouldn't assume that I knew the story. If he's selling someone's stuff he has nothing to lose by risking it selling for cheap.
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Winning bid: US $338.00
Whether it's a fake or not, it's a LOT of MONEY for a simple flip slight of any kind. Prices like this are bound to cause fakes to show up.
Maybe some collectors see value in this flip sight, but the Value-to-Risk Ratio is not very conducive to making such a purchase, especially if the our Milsurps team of experts can't draw a definitive conclusion.
For me, I'd spend my money on something with less risk attached -- just my view.
It's a lot. I'd say $350 is the top retail of an excellent condition rare coded flip sight. Two bidders felt they knew if it's real. But on page one I posted a fake IP sight from ebay that sold for $265. A fake Rockola sight sold for $270 last month. Another fake sight recently sold for $171. Based on the agitated and odd nature of the PMs I'm getting, I have to wonder (not assuming) if I now know who bought at least one of these fakes?
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I think I can assume one thing. If he did sell it for someone else that person should of told him what it's worth and what it's should get. I know I would.
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People sell super valuable muscle cars at no reserve at auction. Wayne Carini from Chasing Cars sells other people's cars at auction for no reserve all the time too.
I once got an S'G' flip for nothing on ebay. It's an outstanding example too, but the others I had were not as good and cost a bunch more off the same site. Got it with a group of other parts. That's the beauty of Carbines and collectibles.
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