StrangeRanger Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Group Industries BAR w/ accessorieshttps://www.gunbroker.com/item/875738292 The price is starting to take off. It'll be interesting to see where this one lands given the recent 28K+ insanity over the much nicer ERMCO clone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmagee1917 Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Does anyone know if serial # 97 is before the mismachining problems arose ?Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpw43 Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 I'm from Louisville and went by a member of Group Industries house many years ago. I wish I could remember his name. Atchley maybe?He told me they were getting ready to build some BAR's and I sure was interested in buying one. Then 1986 happened and the price became too high.I believe some of the guys in Group Industries were machinists at the old International Harvester plant in Louisville.I can't find any info online about the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 13, 2020 Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 Every time I think its hit its peak, it keeps going up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted August 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2020 Over 27.5K and the last hour feeding frenzy has not yet begun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M17ap Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 Does anyone know if serial # 97 is before the mismachining problems arose ?ChrisWhat machining problems are they. A friend had one but I only noticed a large swirl mark After ejection port on right side. Please give more info. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted August 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 http://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19053 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 Over $30k now for a group gun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted August 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 And the last-hour bidding war has not yet begun. Considering that a REAL Marlin-Rockwell or two recently sold for not much more than that, I just don't get it. I'm not really in the market for a BAR so my interest is more or less academic but I am dumbfounded by the prices I'm seeing. I sort of get $50K+ for a Colt or a Winchester and expect most WWII vintage guns to go in the range of $35K or thereabouts but a clone is still a clone and even a good one has no provenance value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 15, 2020 Report Share Posted August 15, 2020 Yeah Im paying roughly $34 for a Marlin Rockwell in A2 configuration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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