Anybody bum rushing Big5 for their M1 carbine sale?

[jamesob]

i think they will have them in stock for a while. eventually when all semi auto's are banned they might sell them at that price.

[doughboy334]

I almost thought about it, but I plan on joining the CMP and getting my M1 and M1 Carbine there

[packnrat]

the big 5 carbines are JUNK.and way over priced.

you can still get much better carbines for up to 1/2 of there price. good shooters are to be had for $500. or so.

[tdo315]

They have had the same one in the Thousand Oaks Big 5 for at least a month now. $999 is waaaay too much for these.

[.22guy]

It's pretty much universally understood across the net that these things are junk and totally overpriced. But some people will buy them, and I guess they can charge 50 bucks or 2000 if they want.

All I know is that I got a great condition Service Inland for 520 shipped to my door from CMP. And of course it's not import marked.

[thefifthspeed]

That's crazy!

I got a non-import marked Inland I'll sell you for cheap! Only $800

Same here, I posted a service grade carbine for sale here a couple weeks ago and a member PMed me saying that these sell for 300-400 bucks I guess we should stand out in from of Big 5 like a scalper. Carbines!!! got your Carbines!!! Who needs Carbines!!!???!!!

[torsf]

I vote for a sticky.. Big 5 carbines are a POS

[Xerxes]

Those are stone washed carbines....

Like those jeans they put in the wash with large river boulders, some sand, and two gallons of bleach, then put the scissors to them after washing some idiot at LITTLE 5 minus brains thought since people paid three times as much for those jeans they would do the same for these carbines.

GO FIGURE!

[dragonbait1a]

So Besides CMP what is the going rate for WWII M1 carbine? Don't care too much about finish as much a functionality. Maybe not today but It has been bouncing around the back of my head for a while....

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[caldude]

So Besides CMP what is the going rate for WWII M1 carbine? Don't care too much about finish as much a functionality. Maybe not today but It has been bouncing around the back of my head for a while....

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Check GunBroker to see what they are selling for. Depending on condition and 'collectibility', the range lately seems to be $600-$1200. You can get quite a few decent ones in the $700-$800 range. Of course, if you have your C&R, you can buy an M1 direct from GunBroker without having to add transfer fees.

[xrMike]

So Besides CMP what is the going rate for WWII M1 carbine?

Go check out CMP:

http://www.odcmp.com/rifles/carbine.htm

Looks like the Inland service grades are sold out, but you can still get a rack grade for $419. There are other rack grades available (from other makers), and additional service grades are coming up for sale in the near future.

EDIT: Oh, you said, "besides CMP", my bad... You already knew all that then... Not sure why you'd buy from somebody else. Even on gunbroker you're going to probably pay a couple-few hundred more than you would from CMP.

[JAGGUY]

The CMP site makes it sound like they will send one to your door even if you aren't an 03 or 01. Is this true even for Ca?
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[double_action]

The CMP site makes it sound like they will send one to your door even if you aren't an 03 or 01. Is this true even for Ca?
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[.22guy]

The CMP site makes it sound like they will send one to your door even if you aren't an 03 or 01. Is this true even for Ca?
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Yep, yes it is. It's quite a feeling to have guns shipped to your door too.

[thefifthspeed]

Yep, yes it is. It's quite a feeling to have guns shipped to your door too.

Except when the BWT leaves them at your door to sit for 3 days