Mi Carbine prices
 

The hang tag prices that I have seen recently on M1 Carbines have been amazing. The CMP gets some M1 Carbines in on occasion at reasonable prices and tends to sell out of them almost immediately. A local gun auction sold a well used M1 Carbine for $1,000.00. I was in a gun shop this week and they had two M1 Carbines. One was a Standard Products with most of the metal finish missing and was $525.00. Right next to it was a mint Inland carbine with original bayonet, G.I. pouch and magazines for the same price. I put it on layaway. I hate it when that happens. Take care...
Joe

At the last few gun shows I've been to, I've been stunned by the prices of M1 carbines. Every one hovers around the $1,000 mark.

I've always wanted one since I was a kid but have never been able to justify the going prices. I was at a local gunsmith's a couple of years back when a guy was picking one up that he bought (as I recall) through the Director of Civilian Marksmanship program. As I recollect, he said he paid $550 for it and it was in very good shape. I remember thinking at the time that that wasn't too bad of a price. However, as Jack said, the prices I have seen lately at gun shows and at the local gun shops would nearly give you a heart attack - all up near the $1000 mark and on some really well-used guns. This is too rich for my blood, particularly for a gun that isn't much more than a high-priced plinker at best (I still love them though).

M1
 

I remember them selling for $25.00 and my dad telling me that it was too much for and old surplus weapon. :rolleyes:

How the times have changed and it ain't for the better I'm affraid.

Kirkned,

In the mid-1960s Carbines were going for about $75 in my area of PA. In 1965, I got a DCM Carbine through the NRA for $17.50 and $2.50 postage. Later that year I got a second DCM Carbine for the same price. Yea, I should have bought gold. LOL!

Adam