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Posted: 2/9/2024 4:09:43 PM EDT
Hey guys, I know absolutely zero about M1 carbines. This is for sale by a family member that needs money. What can you tell me about it, and what would a fair value be placed on it if I were to purchase it? Attached File
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[Last Edit: GoatPatty]
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[Last Edit: NoMoAMMO]
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Depends on the parts. Is the maker Underwood as well, hard to make out from.the pics. 1k easy though.
ETA Bayo maker? C TIP OR d tip sling? |
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Definitely the barrel and receiver. Not sure about the internals.
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Hard to tell from pics.
$1k for even g-vg condition m1 is where the market is these days. Rear flip but bayo lug looks like it went through some kind of rebuild/refurb maybe. Import marks? CMP paperwork? |
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Originally Posted By Sajer: Hard to tell from pics. $1k for even g-vg condition m1 is where the market is these days. Rear flip but bayo lug looks like it went through some kind of rebuild/refurb maybe. Import marks? CMP paperwork? View Quote What he said, need better pictures and need to know if any import marks |
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Appears to be a fairly typical unit that went through the post war rebuild (virtually all of them did). Underwood is one of the less common makes that may have value to a collector. Easily worth a grand in today’s market, maybe more.
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[Last Edit: METT-T]
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[Last Edit: METT-T]
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Originally Posted By DonFlynn: What he said, need better pictures and need to know if any import marks View Quote Import mark would likely be on the barrel. Looks like a clean Underwood which I think is one of the cooler makes to have ETA Is the stock checkered? |
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If it went through a post war rebuild, wouldn't the flip rear sight have been removed and replaced with the sliding sight?
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3-7-77
Proud Member of the Leather Head Mafia “In my opinion, the M1 Rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised” - George S. Patton |
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yes, the stock is checkered. So aftermarket? No import marks.
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[Last Edit: DonFlynn]
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Originally Posted By METT-T: Import mark would likely be on the barrel. Looks like a clean Underwood which I think is one of the cooler makes to have ETA Is the stock checkered? View Quote Maybe. They could also be other places and small enough where they could be overlooked. I have a Howa made Royal Thai issue M1 Carbine that has the import make so tiny you need a magnifying glass to see it on the receiver. http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/imports.html Originally Posted By TOTHEMAX: If it went through a post war rebuild, wouldn't the flip rear sight have been removed and replaced with the sliding sight? View Quote Maybe, could also be a replacement Type 3 barrel band done by a past owner. Or someone could have started "correcting" it with the flip sight, that's why better pics would help IMO Originally Posted By GoatPatty: yes, the stock is checkered. So aftermarket? No import marks. View Quote See the link I posted and double check to play it safe. |
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Originally Posted By DonFlynn: See the link I posted and double check to play it safe. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DonFlynn: Originally Posted By GoatPatty: yes, the stock is checkered. So aftermarket? No import marks. See the link I posted and double check to play it safe. For sure, check carefully for the import mark. But from my limited personal experience I'd bet with no obvious mark, bayo lug, flip up sight, and the stock checkering that was a $20 DCM gun. Still puts you in about a grand OP. Good muzzle and throat erosion numbers might push that up a little. The stock isn't "aftermarket" per se but probably a GI stock somebody fancied up. The predeccessor to the CMP sold these mail-order for $20 in the early '60s. That was the heyday of customizing stocks. Hurts the collector value some but an original replacement stock isn't hard to come by. |
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Originally Posted By METT-T: For sure, check carefully for the import mark. But from my limited personal experience I'd bet with no obvious mark, bayo lug, flip up sight, and the stock checkering that was a $20 DCM gun. Still puts you in about a grand OP. Good muzzle and throat erosion numbers might push that up a little. The stock isn't "aftermarket" per se but probably a GI stock somebody fancied up. The predeccessor to the CMP sold these mail-order for $20 in the early '60s. That was the heyday of customizing stocks. Hurts the collector value some but an original replacement stock isn't hard to come by. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By METT-T: Originally Posted By DonFlynn: Originally Posted By GoatPatty: yes, the stock is checkered. So aftermarket? No import marks. See the link I posted and double check to play it safe. For sure, check carefully for the import mark. But from my limited personal experience I'd bet with no obvious mark, bayo lug, flip up sight, and the stock checkering that was a $20 DCM gun. Still puts you in about a grand OP. Good muzzle and throat erosion numbers might push that up a little. The stock isn't "aftermarket" per se but probably a GI stock somebody fancied up. The predeccessor to the CMP sold these mail-order for $20 in the early '60s. That was the heyday of customizing stocks. Hurts the collector value some but an original replacement stock isn't hard to come by. Good chance your right. My "best" Inland was a Bubba'd DCM gun that was blued and stuck in a sporter stock. https://public.fotki.com/Don-Flynn/sporter-m1-carbine/ I ended up finding a nice postwar Springfield Armory stock |
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"People tend to have a proclivity towards an object rather than their own skill."
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Originally Posted By ggibbs: Somebody probably recently put in the flip sight. If you look closely, it's been installed backwards. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By ggibbs: Originally Posted By TOTHEMAX: If it went through a post war rebuild, wouldn't the flip rear sight have been removed and replaced with the sliding sight? Somebody probably recently put in the flip sight. If you look closely, it's been installed backwards. Ahh. Ok |
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Proud Member of the Leather Head Mafia “In my opinion, the M1 Rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised” - George S. Patton |
[Last Edit: DonFlynn]
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Originally Posted By ggibbs: Somebody probably recently put in the flip sight. If you look closely, it's been installed backwards. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By ggibbs: Originally Posted By TOTHEMAX: If it went through a post war rebuild, wouldn't the flip rear sight have been removed and replaced with the sliding sight? Somebody probably recently put in the flip sight. If you look closely, it's been installed backwards. I was wondering about that, good catch. That's another reason better pictures would help |
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Originally Posted By Ameshawki: Appears to be a fairly typical unit that went through the post war rebuild (virtually all of them did). Underwood is one of the less common makes that may have value to a collector. Easily worth a grand in today’s market, maybe more. View Quote Underwood's are the 3rd most common. Inland, Winchester, Underwood.... |
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