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  1. #4021
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    Default Re: What did you buy yourself today (Photo thread)...

    Quote Originally Posted by raxar View Post
    it's a blue sky import, got it for like $390 OTD.
    Wow, that's a hell of a deal and the rifle is in great shape. Blue Sky imports is a bit before my time but I heard mixed things about that company.
    Sanity, yours if you can keep it.....

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    Default Re: What did you buy yourself today (Photo thread)...

    Quote Originally Posted by LifeInPa View Post
    Wow, that's a hell of a deal and the rifle is in great shape. Blue Sky imports is a bit before my time but I heard mixed things about that company.
    Being a blue sky kills the collectability of it. From what I gathered m1 carbine collectors are a snooty bunch. I think a lot of the blue sky stuff is over hyped internet BS. I was reading one a thread on a carbine forum that by the end of it declared that NIB blue sky's were covered in mold and had bolts that wouldn't stay in the op rods.

    Amazingly though if I were to find a winchester barrel for it all that would magically disappear and it would turn into a highly desirable historical artifact that was probably carried by Patton's toilet cleaner

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    Default Re: What did you buy yourself today (Photo thread)...

    Quote Originally Posted by raxar View Post
    Being a blue sky kills the collectability of it. From what I gathered m1 carbine collectors are a snooty bunch. I think a lot of the blue sky stuff is over hyped internet BS. I was reading one a thread on a carbine forum that by the end of it declared that NIB blue sky's were covered in mold and had bolts that wouldn't stay in the op rods.

    Amazingly though if I were to find a winchester barrel for it all that would magically disappear and it would turn into a highly desirable historical artifact that was probably carried by Patton's toilet cleaner
    Fascinating, that goes to show you not everything on the internet is true. The biggest thing I heard was something about an import stamp they put on the barrel. I rather save $600-$700 and have a working M1 Carbine personally, forget about how collectable it is. I would even consider a commerical model but not with the issues a lot of them have. Anyway, even though I don't need a rare collectable model one built during the war with some history would be nice. I might be purchasing a USGI model with my tax return and I am not too happy how most of them are running for $1000 recently.
    Sanity, yours if you can keep it.....

  4. #4024
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    Default Re: What did you buy yourself today (Photo thread)...

    Quote Originally Posted by raxar View Post
    Being a blue sky kills the collectability of it.
    Ya sky blue was a importer.
    These guns are normally mis-matched and made of various parts from different makers of the m1.
    Their imported surplus military guns like M1 carbine and Garand were from Korea I believe. These were guns sold or transferred to foreign countries and declared surplus to their needs by these countries. Federal law required the importers name to be stamped on the gun, which kills the value.
    Also, I have been told that the they were notorious for stamping their name very heavily on the barrel, often distorting the bore and interfering with accuracy.
    Because of those, most collectors look down on import marked carbines and they bring around only about $400 or so.
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    Default Re: What did you buy yourself today (Photo thread)...

    Quote Originally Posted by raxar View Post
    it's a blue sky import, got it for like $390 OTD.
    And how do I go about getting one of these?
    Emergency Medicine prevents natural selection

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    Default Re: What did you buy yourself today (Photo thread)...

    My completed upper arrived today from palmettos black friday sale. They really stepped it into high gear in their shipping department. I wasnt expecting to see it until jan.

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    Default Re: What did you buy yourself today (Photo thread)...

    Quote Originally Posted by HamburgBoy84 View Post

    Picked up this Springfield XDs used at Cabelas Saturday night. I've been looking for one for a while and couldn't pass up the deal. It was $150 less than new with an extra 7 round mag and then an additional 10% off so before tax it was right around $400. All told with a box of Federal HST it was $460 with tax and transfer!
    Make sure you send it in for the recall.

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    Default Re: What did you buy yourself today (Photo thread)...

    Quote Originally Posted by CHEMICAL View Post
    Make sure you send it in for the recall.
    Yeah. Looks like the ones they forgot to put the grip on.




    I called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!

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    Default Re: What did you buy yourself today (Photo thread)...

    Quote Originally Posted by Mity2 View Post
    Me jealous! I've never even seen a one up close!


    well, it wasn't today or not even gun, but I pick this up week and half ago...
    2014 Toyota Corolla S...



    I paid the cash for it.
    No new guns for me for a while....
    Nice. My '09 Corolla has 97k and never an issue, other than a blown DC plug fuse.

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    Default Re: What did you buy yourself today (Photo thread)...

    Bought a brick of .22 from fellow Poofa member Steve 010. Pictures of .22 ammo, nah.

    Thanks Jim.

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