I've been looking for an M1.
Before I posted this question, I searched this site and found a great post by Flyerm14 on 1/21/99 regarding the search for a good M1. Now I'm looking for one and would like to know why the situation seems to have changed so dramatically. I went to a 900 table gun show in Springfield, MA yesterday and couldn't find one single M1 for under $400. Most of them ran in the 600-800 range with quite a few over $1000. I was not prepared for this type of "stickershock"! Is it still possible to find a "reasonable" GI M1 out there or has the market just gone crazy? Springfield made over 6.6 million of these weapons and I can't believe what they were selling for at the show. As I continue my search, should I still be looking at a GI version? I'm new to rifles but have recently enjoyed match shooting with an AR15 and AK45 but want a much more "traditional" rifle and have always love the M1 design. Any help/infor will be apprecaited.
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Before I posted this question, I searched this site and found a great post by Flyerm14 on 1/21/99 regarding the search for a good M1. Now I'm looking for one and would like to know why the situation seems to have changed so dramatically. I went to a 900 table gun show in Springfield, MA yesterday and couldn't find one single M1 for under $400. Most of them ran in the 600-800 range with quite a few over $1000. I was not prepared for this type of "stickershock"! Is it still possible to find a "reasonable" GI M1 out there or has the market just gone crazy? Springfield made over 6.6 million of these weapons and I can't believe what they were selling for at the show. As I continue my search, should I still be looking at a GI version? I'm new to rifles but have recently enjoyed match shooting with an AR15 and AK45 but want a much more "traditional" rifle and have always love the M1 design. Any help/infor will be apprecaited.
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