Quoted: As stated the Blue Sky is a re import form a lend/lease program with Korea. Most of these M1 Garand and M1 Carbines have seen plenty of abuse, negolect and are a total wreck for the most part.
On occassion I have heard a a few where they where in great condition and in need of little if any repair, reconditioning but those seem to be just short of being scarecerthen hens teeth.
A Blue Sky for the right price would be an excellent canidate for a re barrel to .308 like I did or in a Carbine good start for a total rebuild.
As for any collectablity......None, they were parts guns, loaned/sold/given to to Korea and later bought back by a company that re imported then re sold to the public. Most likely think of them as a Box O Parts needing a new barrel, refinish and new wood.
Karsten
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As Karsten said - +1, however......I had the opportunity to look through a pile of Blue Sky's back in 95-96ish - looked at probably 40 or 50 until I found a diamond in the rough. It was a SA in original park - no pitting - the recvr is FLAWLESS - sn 69XX. It was originally a gas trap Garand. If my memory serves me - late 1936 or early 1937 production. It has the 7th round stoppage reapir. The rest of the rifle was trash. The bbl was stamped so hard with "Blue Sky Alexandria VA" that the bore was actually oval. There were a few salvageable parts, - bolt, a good condition trigger group and some others. I paid a wopping $169 for it....
It has been rebuilt into an early NM rifle (type 1) with new wood and all original NM parts.
I have toyed with rebuilding it again into a repro Gas Trap, but get scared away by the cost.
As an added note, I actually saw Blue Sky's that had modified bolts in them that had a spring installed in the rear of the bolt into a hole that was machined in just below the leg of the firing pin. Presumably it was to reduce the possibility of a slam fire by tensioning the firing pin to the rear. It may have also been an attempt to slavage rvcr's that had damgaed cam slots in the rcvr bridge.
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