Deerhunter: outstanding score on that IBM Carbine. The T1 band and Highwood stock are worth half of what you paid. For those that don't know, you have to be a member of CMP to buy either online or in person. You could go in and look though, maybe have a member go with you and he could buy something. A friend of mine lives in AL and called me thursday after going there that PM; he said most of the carbines were parked dark manganese and he didn't buy anything, but a friend of his bought two earlier that day similar to yours. There is a limit of two per person. I called CMP with the intent of going down this past weekend and they could not confirm if/when any more would be put out. The grapevine says they only had 1300 to begin with, having been in storage for some years, and these are shared with the North store. They won't last long.