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Also..If I came across a decent looking original for 1300 I’d likely sprain my taint reaching for my wallet

It's difficult to find an original that's not at least a half worn out POS.

Evans Archery, Lexington Ky.

(859) 277-7770

Call and see if they still have it. It was there about a month ago.

Interesting

Thats why I want one. Nothing like being all alone in the world.

Here's a Blue Sky import that looks like it's going to go right.

Ya pays ya money and ya takes ya chances.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/973299549

Heck, buy a 1907 Winchester self loader in 351 SL or a 1910 in 401 SL, I have three 351’s and one 401, fun guns.

You get that good crack from Lexington?

I have always wanted one for some reason or another. Back when they could be had cheap and there was surplus ammo aplenty, it made more sense. From a practical standpoint, the don't anymore.

I kind of like mine

Got this one from a broke ranch hand a long time ago $ 200.00 handy little Jeep gun, if you don't have to shoot very far. Rio7

James River Armory is proud of their schitt too.







Until it gets cold, then they are troublesome.

I wish I still had my old Iver Johnson special edition (WWII Commemorative) M1 Carbine. That thing was tight. Well made gun. Should never have sold it, like so many others that I've allowed to go downstream over the decades.

I have 2 from the CMP that work perfectly. Nothing worn out about them.

Last year, I picked up a number of M1 Carbines at an estate settlement. I sold 6 commercial M1 Carbines, Plainfield and Iver Johnson, for $850 each. I sold a Winchester for $1800, and have a Standard Products for sale now. I have two very nice Inlands and a Quality Hardware of my own. As Digital Dan said, the .30 Carbine and good ammo are quite capable.
Most, if not virtually all, M1Carbines were arsenal rebuilt at one time. Some more than once. It's a myth that they are all worn out.

I can remember like my late teens early twenties seeing lots of these and pawn shops for like 80 bucks. If I had only known then what I know now !! how to bought all I could and put up for 30 -40 years .

Never heard of Blue Sky - who are they?

Glad I got mine when I did.

Great to see you back, Ron!

You could not too long ago, dont know what happened. I had been looking for years but never found one clean enough for my liking. I just happened to get first dibs at my lgs on a '44 winchester that showed up. Winchester barrel, trigger group, receiver, its got an underwood rebuild mark on stock. Appears to have been never used since. I paid a grand plus tax about 3 years ago. Could double my money now on it.

I bought two of the less desirable Blue Sky carbines thirty or so years ago when these were being imported back into the US. They were $175.00 each. Both worked fine and would shoot into groups of around three inches at 100 yards with my handloads. I never did fire commercial or GI ammo in either gun. These guns were fun to shoot and have a neat look about them, but the new wore off quickly for me, kind of like it did with ARs.