Smokeeaterpilot
05-10-2014, 03:37
Hey Everyone, I'm usually a bit more active on Gunboards, but just becoming more acquainted with Jouster since I hear more of the US collectors are on here.
As a GI Joe True Blue Blind Lover of US Arsenals (especially Springfield) this to me was a rare find. I know you can find them all day long for $3000+. I never thought I would be able to afford one and I missed an auction on gunbroker about 2 1/2 years ago for a 1915 in similar shape for $1500 BIN (it ended in like 27 minutes).
I picked this up for $1850.00.
I didn't get any pictures of the barrel, I could not find any markings on the lugs where the
arsenal stamps usually are. It did have a "s" or a "5" on the underside of the barrel in front of the lugs. Not sure what that is (heat lot number, I have no clue).
The hammer is a Type 2 Long Spur hammer I believe, doesn't look like a type one and mentioned before the magazine is not a SA but colt.
But to me the crucial part is the markings are crisp, the ordnance bombs, the Great Seal and Springfield Armory and patent dates on the slide. It has the original bluing (but its faded), I can't tell if the grips are SA I haven't checked.
I'm not saying there aren't better deals out there, I just haven't seen them (it's been a daily search and I've been calling gun shops all around the country looking for one). And I may have paid too much based on what you have seen but if that's the case there's an old saying "You can't pay too much for a collectible firearm, you can just buy it too early." So I may have just bought it too early.
What do you guys think?
As a GI Joe True Blue Blind Lover of US Arsenals (especially Springfield) this to me was a rare find. I know you can find them all day long for $3000+. I never thought I would be able to afford one and I missed an auction on gunbroker about 2 1/2 years ago for a 1915 in similar shape for $1500 BIN (it ended in like 27 minutes).
I picked this up for $1850.00.
I didn't get any pictures of the barrel, I could not find any markings on the lugs where the
arsenal stamps usually are. It did have a "s" or a "5" on the underside of the barrel in front of the lugs. Not sure what that is (heat lot number, I have no clue).
The hammer is a Type 2 Long Spur hammer I believe, doesn't look like a type one and mentioned before the magazine is not a SA but colt.
But to me the crucial part is the markings are crisp, the ordnance bombs, the Great Seal and Springfield Armory and patent dates on the slide. It has the original bluing (but its faded), I can't tell if the grips are SA I haven't checked.
I'm not saying there aren't better deals out there, I just haven't seen them (it's been a daily search and I've been calling gun shops all around the country looking for one). And I may have paid too much based on what you have seen but if that's the case there's an old saying "You can't pay too much for a collectible firearm, you can just buy it too early." So I may have just bought it too early.
What do you guys think?