Shooting paratrooper .30 cal carbine

[CoalTrain49]

If I were trying to sell it I would ask $700.

Shooting it isn't going to change the value.

It's on the low end of the of the market being an Import.

 

[pezo]

Thanks. Yes I will be shooting it next range outing.

 

[fpgt72]

Around here a good looking GI carbine is going to run you right at $900.....You get a real deal if you get anything less then that.

 

[CoalTrain49]

Around here a good looking GI carbine is going to run you right at $900.....You get a real deal if you get anything less then that.

There are several things to look for in a USGI carbine if you want to shoot it. $700 for burned out barrel with non USGI parts like a Boyds stock, a Sarco slide and a Korean mag. $900 if you want the real deal with a decent barrel. They all look good to me, warts and all.

 

[Mayvik]

I put one of the black pkastic stocks from the Citadels on mine. Saves weight but same ergos.

 

[Jackal]

I am amazed in this day and age a company cannot do an exact GI spec CNC repro of an M1 Carbine that is at least as good as a 70 YO original ! Astounding !

Same with AK's and Mausers.

 

[fpgt72]

I put one of the black pkastic stocks from the Citadels on mine. Saves weight but same ergos.

Blasphemy....Repent before it is too late

 

[Mayvik]

Bah. It is a Blue Sky mixmaster and the "original" stick was trashed. I do have a nice looking Fulton replacement.

 

[fpgt72]

Blue sky gets poo-pooed all the time, that is a gun you know saw the Korean war...no shadow of a doubt....don't know why people think that provenance is so looked down upon.

 

[CoalTrain49]

Blue sky gets poo-pooed all the time, that is a gun you know saw the Korean war...no shadow of a doubt....don't know why people think that provenance is so looked down upon.

One of these days people will wake up to the fact that there won't be anymore USGI carbines to rebuild. A Blue Sky import is nothing more than a USGI left in Korea after the war. They generally have seen a lot of use and sometimes parts are replaced, including barrels. I would much rather have one of those than anything currently produced. They can be rebuilt.

Several companies have been doing that for years but the supply of rebuildable carbines is running out.

 

[fpgt72]

One of these days people will wake up to the fact that there won't be anymore USGI carbines to rebuild. A Blue Sky import is nothing more than a USGI left in Korea after the war. They generally have seen a lot of use and sometimes parts are replaced, including barrels. I would much rather have one of those than anything currently produced. They can be rebuilt.

Several companies have been doing that for years but the supply of rebuildable carbines is running out.

I hope so....the people wake up part.

Rebuilding is another issue, all machines wear out....and a gun is nothing more then a machine.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Any carbine authentic for the Korean or Vietnam War will be a mixmaster; especially since the fat M2 stock as replacement for the original skinny M1 stock, the three nub banana magazine catch for the two nub stick style, the adjustable rear sight for the "L" flip sight, the flip safety for the push button, the barrel band with bayonent lug for the earlier narrow and broad plain bands, were preferred replacement parts during arsenal rebuilt stateside or over seas after WWII. Objecting to a U.S. M1 carbine re-imported by from Blue Sky Virginia from Korea as a "mixmaster" is ... odd. An all-factory original would not be authentic for the Korean or VietNam era.

A lot of the original WWII contracted manufacturers subcontracted parts to the original Auto Ordnance, Marlin Firearms, and other factories anyway. A lot of U.S. Carbines left the factory with parts from mixed makers.

 

[pezo]

The only import mark on mine is the word "Arlington" in very small print under the barrel. It does have the pot belly m2 stock as well.