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Yeah they had 2 on pawn stars yesterday. I think the guy offered the guy 2.5k for both and he didn't take it. I think he wanted 10k originally but would settle for 5k. They never got on the same page and rick didn't get them. Very cool I would love to have that one or the 1919 that was on tv.
here is the vid, cool story with them too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5pOr3nZ1ug&feature=related
Wow! I'm surprised more things like this don't exist for training considering how many rifles have been made and issued. Something like that would have certainly helped me on my first build.
It's available within the military supply system, GT Army ROTC had one in the early '90's, probably still does. As you can see from the pictures, they were of an M16A1, not sure if they came up with an A2 or M4 version, but since they're probably primarily used by training units, I imagine economies of scale are such that they cost a fair bit. In fact, according to
this article, they were only made by one company, and spare parts tended to be an issue.