Faulkner
03-16-2013, 09:37 PM
I went to a gunshow today and I sold the first carbine I ever bought. :wondering: It was a mixmaster late model Winchester, but it did have it's original Winchester barrel. I paid $125.00 for it in about 1988. It was my first project carbine and I learned a lot gathering correct Winchester USGI parts to replace the mixed parts that came on it. At one point I bought a very nice correct Winchester stock to replace the IBM stock that it came in, but I sold the IBM stock for the same price I paid for the Winchester stock.
Anyway, with it being a sellers market these days I thought I'd test the waters. I decided I'd start at $900.00 asking and see where that went. I sold it for $900.00 less than 10 minutes after I got in the door.
I've bought and sold and traded M1 carbines for over 25 years, but this one the first one I was actually nastalgic about parting with. But, hey, you can't take 'em with you.
Anyway, with it being a sellers market these days I thought I'd test the waters. I decided I'd start at $900.00 asking and see where that went. I sold it for $900.00 less than 10 minutes after I got in the door.
I've bought and sold and traded M1 carbines for over 25 years, but this one the first one I was actually nastalgic about parting with. But, hey, you can't take 'em with you.