tinsoldier

Happy 4th to all !!!!!

So true Art. That kind of patriotism takes me back to when I was a little kid, holding my Dad's hand at the Memorial day parade. Seems too many today are busy with flag burnings and college campus takeovers.

Congrats!! And welcome to the forum. Nice work on all counts.

Ebay seems to be a fickle place as far as JSAR bayonets go... I watched a fairly high condition one with a NICE scabbard barely get to $299.00 a few months back. Prior to that they were fetching $350 to $450, with plenty of folks using BIN listings in the six and seven hundred dollar range, with no takers. This is what I've been seeing over the past year, FWIW. Guns International might be a better choice.

Interesting that B7884 comes with an autographed copy of "the book". From what I've been told, Bruce only autographs his books on a person to person basis.

Listing shows complete magazine and support assembly.

I guess it just shows us that too many buyers out there haven't discovered this website. Beyond that, I'll say again, WOW!

+1 to what camstuff posted. Also in agreement with M48tanker, the rifle doesn't appear to have been 'messed with' from the photos.

WOW, "extremely rare Miltech re-furbished rifle", "Museum Quality". Just WOW.

The USMC marking is spurious IMO. As far as we know, NONE of the Marine Corps JSARs were ever property marked by the Corps.. Being a non- letter prefix serial number, ArtR should be able to document the serial numbered parts as to it's originality when it left the factory. Bayonet scabbard looks to be repro, need close up pics of the bayonet. Welcome to the forum!

+1 to what ryche_me wrote. Here's some pics of a loose magazine 'bucket' with a proper door pin. Very nice rifle, I agree with ArtR.

That's a pretty neat venture, Art!

For a starting bid of $1250.00, I'd like to see a pic of the barrel markings. Looks like bite marks from a pipe wrench at the barrel's chamber end. Left side pic looks like evidence of front sight/bayonet lug removal at some point. Hmmmm.

Happy Thanksgiving Art! I have more empty seats than I care to count, but much to be thankful for, being on this forum among them.

I would agree... it sure doesn't look like it's been monkeyed with.

"The barrel is marked 30.06 and appears to be a correct GI Johnson barrel" In one of the barrel pics, looks like this was originally an M1 Garand barrel... the tell tale groove for the rear handguard clip is still partially present.

I'd wager it's substantial... I've noticed in the last 6 or 7 months that the selling price of JSAR bayonets has dropped off on ebay quite a bit. The most recent one sold for $390.00. Initially, I thought maybe the number of bayonets out there exceeded the number of unmolested JSARs with lugs, but who knows?

I've never had the desire, but I agree with camstuff.

I make it 2568E on both the barrel and chamber bushing.

<5979> Like the circle P on the pistol grip.

Agreed. Nice looking rifle.

I can definitely relate to that... A couple years back, in my early 60s and always wanting a JSAR, I asked myself 'if not now, when?'. The clock in my head was ticking, I remembered the words of good friend, now in his mid 80s, "anything over 60 is a gift".

Good deal. We'll be here to give whatever help we can. Welcome to the forum!

In all honesty, trying to give a valuation here, with two photos and not much else, would be like trying to give you a haircut over the phone. Is the barrel an original JSAR? Bayonet lug and original front sight intact? bore condition? Original wood or sporterized? I can go on and on, You would need to provide detailed photos for anyone here to comment. I will say that a good number of sporterized Winfield rifles have sold in the 5 to 6K range.

I would wager that's a good possibility - whole rifle has been refinished. It will be interesting to see if the bids get it near RIA's estimated selling price.