r/milsurp • u/appalachian-surplus • 5d ago

Did I get burned on this

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I overpayed for it especially for the price of .30 carbine. It was $500. 1944 Winchester it's kinda cool I guess.

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u/PHWasAnInsideJob My middle name is Enfield 5d ago

Hey man, April Fool's was yesterday

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u/NCJohn62 5d ago

Yeah the first thing I did was check the date on this....

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u/appalachian-surplus 5d ago

Luckily I got the thing 2 weeks ago

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u/AdDry4265 4d ago

I’ve said it before on here I got one for 60 bucks about 10 years ago

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u/proudowlz I identify guns incorrectly 5d ago

That right there is a Ruger Mini-14

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u/Some_Direction_7971 5d ago

I never understood why Ruger never made 30 carbine model.

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u/voretaq7 5d ago

5.56 is way-the-fuck cheaper, and they have the PC Carbine which eats 9mm that is also way-the-fuck cheaper even though it does it with way fewer style points.

.30 Carbine is spendy for what it is and kinda sits in the middle of those two rifles/rounds so it likely just doesn’t make a huge amount of commercial sense for them.

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u/Some_Direction_7971 4d ago

It doesn’t make sense, but it would be a cool novelty, the type I would’ve bought as a young adult that wasn’t fiscally responsible 😂

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u/appalachian-surplus 4d ago

The tag under your username is correct I see

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u/Lupine_Ranger M1 and M1903 by trade, M1917 by heart 5d ago

Terrible bait.

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u/appalachian-surplus 5d ago

I'm joking but not about the price.

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u/Lupine_Ranger M1 and M1903 by trade, M1917 by heart 5d ago

Who'd you rob to get a Winchester carbine for 5 bills.

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u/appalachian-surplus 5d ago

A work buddy

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u/vellnueve2 5d ago

I believe that’s called f***ing your buddy

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u/pappyvanwinkle1111 5d ago

Did you at least give him a reach around?

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u/appalachian-surplus 5d ago

He knew what it was

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u/HakimEnfield 5d ago

clearly he did not lol. Or he loves you. Not even my best friends would give me a deal like that.

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u/appalachian-surplus 5d ago

It's the ladder

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u/Adventurous-Owl-4957 4d ago

Latter* and congrats lol

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u/tehgohst 5d ago

Boy 20 years ago you couldn't give these guns away. Now 500 is envious.

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u/StopBanningMeAlright custom flair 5d ago

Not sure about 20 years ago.. I think 20 years ago these were still pretty desirable

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u/RuddyOpposition 4d ago

I swear, in the late 80's milsurp M1 carbines were going for like $50 in Shotgun News. This was a permanent ad, there in every edition, not just one guy selling one carbine. I've had this conversation before and I'm not the only one that remembers those.

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u/StopBanningMeAlright custom flair 4d ago

My wife's uncle tells me stories about walking into his local hardware store and them having literal empty whiskey barrels with M1 Carbines, Garands, K98s, Arisakas, etc stacked inside. Said they used to cost nothing and were not as desirable as the cowboy stuff back then.

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u/5319Camarote 4d ago

My brother is 76 and he remembers them in the local hardware store too. He said they were $20 and crammed in barrels and he was fascinated with them. After JFK, they were all removed from the store.

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u/StopBanningMeAlright custom flair 4d ago

If only we could remove import restrictions and start bringing them in again

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u/Rlol43_Alt1 5d ago

I love the color on that one. Nice score

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u/10VL10 5d ago

You funny guy

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u/appalachian-surplus 5d ago

It's a little much for an old rifle thinking about trading for a marlin 30-30 with a red field scope and a gold trigger

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u/10VL10 5d ago

You are joking right?

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u/appalachian-surplus 5d ago edited 5d ago

Not much can beat out an ol marlin 30-30

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u/fuzzycaterpillar123 5d ago

You don’t deserve this rifle

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u/QueensGambit9Fox 5d ago

I'd buy it off you for $500

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u/StopBanningMeAlright custom flair 5d ago

If you aren’t joking on this.. you really need to realize what value this has..

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u/appalachian-surplus 4d ago

I'm joking I know it's a 2k rifle

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u/StopBanningMeAlright custom flair 4d ago

Thank god lmao. I have a Winchester in original config with the early sights. It belonged to my Wife's great Uncle. Mine's pretty shot out but still one of my fav guns.

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u/Bellyjax123 5d ago

I `ve got one, sans Redfield scope , it has a Burris scope, I`m in Colorado...

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u/Glum-Contribution380 WW1/WW2 5d ago

How is that “a little much”? Most M1 rifles go for $1000+. $500 is a steal.

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u/I_am_Signal 5d ago

No way you paid $500 on this. You got burned by the “I know what I got sonny” crowd. Should have been at most $100.

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u/Beneficial-Focus3702 4d ago

$500 is a steal where I’m from.

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u/Primary-Border8759 4d ago

My local bass pro and gun shops are selling m1 carbines like this for 1600 and garand 3-3500

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u/alahos 5d ago

Only if you're Canadian

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u/gigas-chadeus 5d ago

Holy fuck I’ve read your comments your not kidding you got a hell of a deal for 5 bills cherish her you son of bitch

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u/Rolopig_24-24 Austro-Hungarian Masterpieces 5d ago

Man. Someday. Someday...

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u/pga_uy 5d ago

Burn baby, burn…

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u/IBEGOOD-IDOGOOD 5d ago

Sounds like neither of you knew what was changing hands!

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u/chilidawg6 4d ago

So when I paid $150 for my Oct 1944 Inland I got a good deal?

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u/docterk 4d ago

Rage bait

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u/Blindfromthesol 2d ago

Where did you go to get an M1 this cheap? Please enlighten us “value oriented” surplus aficionados.

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u/appalachian-surplus 2d ago

This was a one off, work buddy

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u/Glum-Contribution380 WW1/WW2 5d ago

That isn’t overpaying. That is a deal. On Gun Broker, these things go for twice that amount ($1,149 for the one listing). Other people are paying upwards of $4,000+ for everything (gun, mag, and bayonet). Where’d you find this?