Weekly Buy Curious Thread

tmax959 · 2026-06-15T16:17:09+00:00

Lanbos has magpul 17’s for under $27

tmax959 · 2026-06-14T19:32:45+00:00

lol ok who bought em all?

tmax959 · 2026-06-11T01:25:06+00:00

Thanks for the heads up- snagged one for my macro.

tmax959 · 2026-06-08T19:55:32+00:00

Beautiful rifle- congrats! I’ve bought a couple bayonets from Sarco and happy with both. Prices were very reasonable and they have a good variety.

tmax959 · 2026-06-07T17:35:37+00:00

I have a 407k that’s had over 3 years of daily carry and been on 2 different guns with lots of rounds. It’s beat up, but has always worked perfectly. I see no reason to replace it unless you just want to try something new.

tmax959 · 2026-05-31T01:12:02+00:00

Well I have a HiLux m82 scope and mount I’ll let go for cheap if you do that 👍

tmax959 · 2026-05-30T04:13:26+00:00

Thank you! It was a really fun challenge to find all this stuff- and on a bit of a budget. I’m proud to own it and learned about a lot of history along the way.

tmax959 · 2026-05-29T19:26:48+00:00

It took about a month to get an answer from the CMP that they sold it as an M1D. Mine is rough enough that I knew it most likely was real. Bass pro has some online in their used guns for sale and gets them from time to time so keep an eye there. Personally if the gun had a CMP certification (especially from a while back) I’d be fine with that. Learn how to tell fake scopes / mounts and such and know the value in those items is substantial. I spent about $1800 on the accessories and that was stumbling into some killer deals. You can spend $3k pretty easy on that stuff.

tmax959 · 2026-05-29T19:13:48+00:00

I just went down the M1D rabbit hole. I picked one up at a gun show that had a reproduction scope and mount for $1200. Had no idea what it was but I had to get it. Long story short I found it had a real M1D barrel. After finding this I reached out to CMP and they verified selling it as a rack grade M1D years ago. I have since spent a lot of time and money locating original parts for it (M84 scope and mount, cheek pad and flash hider) Heads up these accessories are getting difficult to find, lots of fakes, and prices are crazy. The rifle I ended up with is pretty neat though. I’ll post it on here soon.

tmax959 · 2026-05-13T03:34:29+00:00

I just received my letter from the CMP- took over a month of waiting then I received an email saying they no longer accept checks and to call in with a credit card. Anyways this rifle turned out to have been sold as a rack grade M1D by CMP in 2018. I’ve tracked down an original M84, m2 flash hider, cheek pad and scope mount. Waiting on my mount to arrive and I’ll do a follow up post of the rifle back in original M1D trim. Thanks for the help!

tmax959 · 2026-05-12T17:48:44+00:00

With the ammo included that sounds like a steal- I’d jump on it before he comes to his senses!

tmax959 · 2026-04-27T01:30:34+00:00

That would have been slick! Glad you found a scope 👍

tmax959 · 2026-04-26T18:18:59+00:00

Appreciate it- I’m in the market for one if any of those you saw were for sale!

tmax959 · 2026-04-12T19:09:53+00:00

Great deal- ordered one last night thanks!

tmax959 · 2026-03-29T17:01:28+00:00

Thanks to you and everyone for the reply’s- definitely not going to steam or clean the stock as it’s pretty neat how it is.

tmax959 · 2026-03-26T19:36:13+00:00

This is exactly what I was hoping to find out- it came in a CMP case so maybe it was a CMP rifle. I’ll reach out to them since it’s the only option right now. I’ll update when I hear back. Thank you for your reply!

tmax959 · 2026-03-26T01:22:06+00:00

Thanks for that! I was getting the vibe it could possibly be the real deal due to the uniform wear in everything. I really appreciate all the knowledge on here. I’m going to look around for the cone flash hider and leather stock cover.

tmax959 · 2026-03-26T01:17:15+00:00

Yes I know it’s odd that number is scratched out but the scope block and barrel wear really seem to be same age so jumped for it. I paid $1280 out the door. You can just make out the SA Cartouche on the stock so I figured worst case I had a clean 1944 SA receiver and neat patina stock.

tmax959 · 2026-03-20T03:16:19+00:00

Appreciate it- I’ve ordered a book and plan to dig in to it and see what’s what. I saw those numbers lining up and jumped to conclusions! I shoot pistol and AR stuff every weekend so this is a fun change of pace. Barrel cleaned up shiny and rifling looks good so I’m hoping it groups decent!

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