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kilimanjaro · February 23, 2013, 02:17 AM

Seems about $800 or a bit more is a good price for a real M1 of WWII date and all there, not a parts gun. The Underwood is a bit more. Avoid any Paratrooper carbines you are offered, the odds are it's a postwar fake.

Nearly all the early years production was modified during the war to take the bayonet lug, a lot of button safeties became levers, that kind of thing. It was genuine gov't work in service, that's all fine as far as collecting goes.

You can still find 'em out there for $400, they come out of closets into the hands of widows and grandchildren who don't want them, and deals can be found.

February 23, 2013, 02:17 AM	#3
kilimanjaro Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2009 Posts: 3,963	Seems about $800 or a bit more is a good price for a real M1 of WWII date and all there, not a parts gun. The Underwood is a bit more. Avoid any Paratrooper carbines you are offered, the odds are it's a postwar fake. Nearly all the early years production was modified during the war to take the bayonet lug, a lot of button safeties became levers, that kind of thing. It was genuine gov't work in service, that's all fine as far as collecting goes. You can still find 'em out there for $400, they come out of closets into the hands of widows and grandchildren who don't want them, and deals can be found.