M1 .30

[joshuamckee]

There is a m1 on craigslist for 375.00.

 

[42769vette]

i saw that one

 

[NateIU10]

hmmmmm...

 

[BE Mike]

Sounds like a hot deal...or maybe just hot!

 

[trophyhunter]

Anybody have a link to that ad?

 

[TheDude]

Sounds like a Blue sky import.

 

[CarmelHP]

I can't find it, just see a Universal M1 carbine for $350.

 

[Hoosier8]

2nd gen
like new
needs clip
$350 firm

universal m1

 

[SavageEagle]

gotta be hot

 

[42769vette]

i have the link if anyone wants it just pm my your email

 

[clt46910]

Instead of guessing, why done we just find out. Might just be someone needing money or a none gun person that does not know the worth. We are somtimes to paranoid for our own good.

 

[Flintlock]

It's a Universal M1 Carbine. You can get USGI Carbines for $400ish, so this is a good price on it. Depending on condition, that is.

 

[SavageEagle]

Instead of guessing, why done we just find out. Might just be someone needing money or a none gun person that does not know the worth. We are somtimes to paranoid for our own good.

Make sure you see a DL and have a written contract. If you don't buy it, get a name, number and the serial number and check it with the police before you buy. How's that for checking it out?

 

[Hoosier8]

Universals were popular due to their low price, and many people bought them from hardware stores, Sears, Wards, and other local gun sources back when Americans could buy guns in their neighborhoods.

Second Generation:
(Started between SN 93xxx - 104xxx, ended between SN 176xxx and 187xxx)

The second generation is where Universal got creative, started redesigning things, added the second recoil spring, and started to machine their own parts. This model eliminated the bolt locking mechanism all together. These had a leaf style flip rear sight, round bolt, magazine catch marked M, and new trigger housing. These could still accept the USGI trigger housing, and some had the M2 style metal upper handguard. The front sight was held on with a setscrew, rather than pinned as the USGI is.

The transition in production between second generation and third generation is somewhere between 176xxx and 187xxx.

 

[fullauto 45]

Universal's were the cheapy m1's. I would give $350 to $400 for GI guns all day long.

 

[CarmelHP]

I would not pay any amount for a Universal. They are the poor, bastard stepchildren of the Carbine family.

 

[Hoosier8]

Sounds like a high price to me also. Of course, if it is any good at all, one could offer much less, you can always go up, you can't go back down. From what I understand, the ammo is also harder to find and expensive. I don't know this personally, just what someone told me.

 

[cox7215]

i didnt know you could sell guns on craigslist??????? R

 

[SavageEagle]

i didnt know you could sell guns on craigslist??????? R

You cant. They cleverly disguised it as something that doesn't sound like a gun. Pretty smart if you ask me. They'll pull it when they figure it out. IF they figure it out.

 

[NewsShooter]

Sounds like a high price to me also. Of course, if it is any good at all, one could offer much less, you can always go up, you can't go back down. From what I understand, the ammo is also harder to find and expensive. I don't know this personally, just what someone told me.

saw some at the wally world by washington sq. mall on the east side of indy last week. stuff was like $30/box. i found my fathers m1 .30 carbine over christmas. cleaned it up a bit...been itching to get it out.

dont know much about m1's. it's marked as an Inland. other than that i have no clue.