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Do they exist or are they like unicorns.....
Has you one?

Own a minty pre-war .30/06....have handled several others..

They exist.

Photos man photos, Im ready for us to talk about winchesters! I have only seen and held 2 in my lifetime! very best winpoor

Steve Barnett has a .375 SG Carbine for sale on Guns International right now. Looks new. $11,50O
John

Barnett can come up with some good rare ones, he does not mind paying the big bucks coming in... v best winpoor

Steve needs to update the sight. I called him about that and a 22 Hornet carbine back in Sept The 375 was sold and I bought the Hornet.

Why anyone would want a carbine in a 375 is a mystery to me.

Steve is still showing a 250 3000 SG carbine NIB that I would love to own. I do not know if he still has it or not, I tried to buy a super late , 63 ish mod 70 in .284 from him and I was 2 days late as usual, everybody else was calling it fake but he was 100% it was NIB Kosher! very best WinPoor

That is a nice gun but at $22,500 it's to pricey to let it sit in the safe and way to expensive to shoot. I wouldn't mind the carbine in 7.65. I see the FWT 7MM is still out there and like the .284 it's being called a fake. If it wasn't so expensive it would make a great deer rifle.

Someday I'd like to find a SG 22 Hornet.

winpoor, you're apparently right that he doesn't mind paying the big bucks coming in. I KNOW he damn sure doesn't mind charging them going out...
Also, I've got to agree with GSPfan on what's the lure of a .375 carbine, especially if there's a chance in Hell you're going to actually shoot it!
John

I wasn't aware of that seller. Nice stuff but pricey is right!
The .308 SG FWT caught my eye. Not many of them in circulation and in that condition.

I have dealt with Steve for over 15years and he always has given me a better than advertised price. Good stuff costs good money.
Also if you buy from him and later on you wish to trade for another gun he will always give you what you paid originally towards the new gun sometimes more.

IMO, everyone of those rare model 70s for sale by Barnett on GI is a put-together gun. Am I the only one that thinks that and you other guys are just being nice? I mean come on let's get real, SG carbines, pencil barrel 375s, ultra rare calibers and configurations and they all look barely used. Really??? He obviously has this market cornered. I'd rather buy an old 30'06 with a pad and 80% blueing.

I own a SG Carbine in 257 Roberts, it's in far from perfect but it's not beat up at all, maybe 90%.

Prewar, I don't know Steve and I don't think he needs me to defend him but he deals in ultra rare and ultra valuble guns, not 80% 30/06's. Knowing the prices he gets if I were to get rid of my Carbine collection I would seriously consider having him sell them so it does not surprise me that he has a lot of guns that are super rare and perfect condition.

As far as put together SG in standards and carbines I consider them to be worth about $1000 more than if it wasn't a SG because it is so easy to swap stocks and generally a SG stock is worth about $1000.

Forgive the terrible picture, one of these days I need to really learn how to take decent gun pictures. The checkering looks nothing like it appears in the picture LOL!

Reelman that's a nice looking rifle and in one of my favorites. I have a std grade in 257 Roberts. No SG's yet. If I could find a SG in a Hornet then I'd have all three.

I heard that Steve bought a big collection of very nice Winchesters.

I'm starting to believe Steve is dealing in the "ultra fake" and not ultra valuable right along with Riffle and Perry County. A little common sense can serve a collector very well if they would just listen to it.

Reelman... what's the first 3 numbers on yours?
I may own it's brother.

Other than dollars what is the real difference between a real SG and a run of the mill 70 in a SG stock?

Did the SG action and barrel get special attention? If not, other than an order sheet sequence, one could be the other.

I have a lovely little 22 Hornet super grade, it's serial number is 116xxx which dates it to [IIRC] around mid 1948, good luck on your search they are sweet shooting rifles.