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We couldn't reach a deal on it. I was trading my GLOCK G19 with night sights (just put on) and the gun is unfired. I think he is looking at something around $1K for it. I was thinking about that price. I am in no hurry and will take my time and search for something that I can afford when I get a little extra spending money. I just had never heard of National Postal Meter. It is interesting how many and who all made weapons during war time. I knew places like GM and Singer sewing machines. Its just really cool how everyone pulled together in effort to help during war time.
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Good info from Dracster. I wouldn't pay any more than $650 for it "as is" and that's basically for the receiver and parts excluding the barrel.
We couldn't reach a deal on it. I was trading my GLOCK G19 with night sights (just put on) and the gun is unfired. I think he is looking at something around $1K for it. I was thinking about that price. I am in no hurry and will take my time and search for something that I can afford when I get a little extra spending money. I just had never heard of National Postal Meter. It is interesting how many and who all made weapons during war time. I knew places like GM and Singer sewing machines. Its just really cool how everyone pulled together in effort to help during war time.
The Inland Division of General Motors started out making steering wheels and became one of the largest US gun manufacturers of WW2.
Winchester...they made some guns too.
Underwood, Elliot Fisher (or just plain ole Underwood) was a typewriter company.
National Postal Meter made mail handling equipment and scales.
Rockola made juke boxes, slot machines, pinball machines, and parking meters.
IBM made time clocks and punch card tabulating equipment.
Quality Hardware made anything they could... vacuum cleaners, vending machines, fissile material containers
Standard Products made auto parts and it's parts can still be found on cars made today.
Irwin-Pederson was formed by the Pederson device guy and the Irwin furniture family. They stunk at making carbines.
Saginaw Steering Gear of General Motors made power steering and front and rear axles, and steering columns. They made better IP carbines than IP did.
All those different backgrounds, yet, with 200 or so sub-contracters also making parts, made over 6 million carbines.
A book I just listened to compared US and Japanese GDP growth in the early war years. If 1940 was assigned a level of 100, in 1943 Japan's level was 103 and America's level was 136.