Why are these so over-priced?!

That's like if there were 80,000 unissued Long Branch number 4's found and being shipped here. They would stay here. At least I hope they would.
 
The newly rebuilt Garands coming out of the US from James River Armory for close to $2000 really bumped up the price up here for nice condition ones! This set a high precedence for all great condition locally rebuilt to "As New" ones up here. A couple of years ago, you could buy a really great condition one for $800-$1000 shipped to your door. The days of getting a really nice one for less than 1200-1500 are now almost gone. Any condition ones that are under $1000 are snapped up the same day and sometimes the same hour they are listed. You really have to luck out to get one for under $1000 when they go up on the EE.

I just wonder what the price of my excellent condition M1D would be now with all of the accessories?! Approaching the cost of a nice fully kitted Lee Enfield No.4 T sniper I bet.

Ian
 
RoofTopHero said:
M1 Garands.
I am always on the market for one.
But I often see M1's in questionable shape and they are well over a grand.
What caused this precedent to be set?

Im sure Ill pick one up someday but for now these people can keep em.
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If that is what they are selling for, then they are not over priced. That is called "market value". They are only "over priced" in your mind. Market value will keep going up!
 
many of the surplus M-1 were shipped as military assistance to other countries-as such-being "free" -they can not be re-imported
 
CGN has a tendency to inflate prices. And remember you only see what people are asking, not what they get. I lucked in last winter and got one on the EE for $650 but ended up selling it for $1 150. And it was a Springfield WWII manufacture in pretty decent shape.

Your best bets is to check your local gun shops where the prices on used guns are generally more reasonable. A couple years ago my local shop had a Breda with a black synthetic stock for $500. Patients is also key, a lot of guys with more money than brains jump at everything - another reason CGN prices are so ridiculous. A friend of mine just joined the site and was laughing at how expensive used guns are selling for on here. "you save taxes" is a classic CGN cheap ass line on the EE. Only here do people think they can sell used guns for what they paid for them.
 
Value is established by what a potential buyer is willing to pay and whether there are any buyers to purchase a particular item. In this case there is a finite supply and more and more people wanting to buy demand. You can either join the race or not even enter it.

If you want a piece of WWIi history you would need to get out your wallet and be willing to pay or you can join the thousands who have opted to buy Chinese reproductions for 1/3 the price.


Original or reproduction your choice
 
well this thread just jacked the price up even further now. knowing how valuable they are had made me feel like I need one! if i ever did get one i would probable shoot it a few times to hear ping then i would mount it on my wall
 
jwillmoore said:
If you want a piece of WWIi history you would need to get out your wallet and be willing to pay or you can join the thousands who have opted to buy Chinese reproductions for 1/3 the price.
Original or reproduction your choice
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Ok, tell me where I can buy a Chinese knock-off M1 Garand!!! I`d like one to go with my Chinese knock-off M14.
 
ar180shooter said:
the market for that would be very limited. Basically it's not a realistic to expect that to be done.
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i bet somebody said that about the 305 a few years ago :) and look what happened.
I'd definitely get a cheap "pos" norc "garand", and i think a lot of others would too.
 
Popurhedoff said:
The Republic of South Korea recently found 80,000 non issued M1 Garands in storage, they are being shipped to the United States and will be sold through the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) soon.
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Cmp is selling barreled action and garands with a starting price of $495. That same $500 garand up here would sell for $1000. Its a shame really
 
The Philippines still has thousands of M1 Garands. When I was in the Philippine army back in the early 90s, the civilian home defense force that guided us in the jungles carried USGI Garands and B.A.R.s

Last year it was announced at least 50,000 are going to be converted into shortened, magazine fed rifle like the Italian BM59.

The rest would remain unconverted and distributed to the civilian market.

Lets hope one of these civilian dealers could be Floro International or even Shooter Arms Manufacturers (SAM) which already has Canadian distributors, we can only hope.

:rockOn:
 
BTW, in a similar vein, everyone aware Norinco ripped off FN, and make a Minimi knockoff?

If importable (semi only, even with the 5-round rivet,) I'd be all over that! :dancingbanana:

Sorry for the thread shift, now returning to previous programming.... :)
 
Lost...again said:
i bet somebody said that about the 305 a few years ago :) and look what happened.
I'd definitely get a cheap "pos" norc "garand", and i think a lot of others would too.
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How many years ago was that? Remember, the Chinese already had the tooling for the M14's, and had been producing them for years. All they had to do was start making them again. Setting up to produce M1 Garand clones would be expensive and the number of sales compared to the M14 clones would be relatively small, especially when you consider that they would have to cover the cost of tooling up for the M1 Garand clones, I don't think it's realistic.
 
Ar180shooter said:
How many years ago was that? Remember, the Chinese already had the tooling for the M14's, and had been producing them for years. All they had to do was start making them again. Setting up to produce M1 Garand clones would be expensive and the number of sales compared to the M14 clones would be relatively small, especially when you consider that they would have to cover the cost of tooling up for the M1 Garand clones, I don't think it's realistic.
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Your right of course, be very little return for the start up costs.
I'll stick with the 305 now its working well :)

Merry CHRISTMAS to all who do it :)
 
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