!!!!!SOLD!!!!! Miniart 1/2 Scale U.S. M1A1 Paratrooper Carbine With Folding Stock, Serial # 010 With Letter From Noted Carbine Collector Larry Ruth !!!!!SOLD!!!!!

!!!!!SOLD!!!!!  This is a 1/2 scale U.S. M-1 paratrooper carbine made by Miniart in Moscow, Russia about 20 – 25 years ago.  17 3/4″ long overall with the stock extended, 12 5/8″ long overall with the stock folded.  9″ round barrel of about .15 caliber.  Gray Parkerized steel finish.  Straight grained walnut stock, handguard, and pistol grip with an oil finish.  The top front of the receiver just over the rear of the chamber laser engraved “U.S. CARBINE, CAL .30 M1A1” in two lines.  The serial number 010 laser engraved into the top rear of the receiver just behind the rear sight.  The bottom of the magazine serial numbered 0.  Flip folding aperture rear sight, standard blade front sight with protective ears on each side.  Includes three rounds of solid yellow brass dummy cartridges that will feed, chamber, extract, and eject when manually cycled through the action.  Also includes a certificate of authenticity dated 9-18-2023 from noted M1 Carbine collector, researcher, & historian Larry Ruth as having been in his personal reference collection& reference library.  I believe it is also featured in one of his books.  I’ll also include a 1/2 scale miniature US pineapple grenade.  There are some very minor scratches on the magazine where it has been installed & removed, and on the left side of the stock where the buttplate has rubbed it, otherwise this piece is in excellent near mint condition, I’d call it 99%.  There were very few of these made, and this is the first one of these I’ve had in quite some time.  Price:  $2,250.00.  !!!!!SOLD!!!!!