M1 flip sights

[CPC]

Not a Carbine guy and found these in a bag of parts I acquired. I know most parts are reproduced are these real? Any comments are appreciated, regards.
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[Tuna]

Better photos would help but from what I can see I would say reproductions.

[carbinekid]

Larger pictures would definitely help!

[M1C]

The dark one looks terrible, but also suggests to be real. The cleaner one so far looks more real than reproduction, but does need closer/larger pics. One feature of it says repop, but other shots look real. The most common fakes bought today look very close to real in fuzzy pics, but they goof on two key features. One of those features you have to see define pics of. The other you don't. You'll have to figure those out on your own.

[PWC]

M1C- why? He's asking for help, not a snobbery collector type answer?

[Tuna]

He's not giving a snobby answer. The biggest problem with reproduction parts is the ones who order these from China are finding out how to make them better looking. Its bad enough when one well know seller of fake parts writes a book and uses his fake flip sight pictures in it. Any new owners see these and think oh so these are real and pay $150 for a $20 fake. At $20 a profit is made and a whopping one at $150 or MORE!!! Better pictures of these sights from both side are needed. But right now I would lean to fakes which have been made since the 70's. And just got worse from there. You have to realize the fakers also read these forums.

[M1C]

I'm just an enthusiast. A hobbiest. So I buy terrible parts and Carbines along with nice stuff. His help was given. As said by everyone, better pics are needed to truly evaluate so nothing posted here can be used to sell them as USGI. Real also doesn't mean valuable if the condition is terrible.

[Johnny P]

Never figured out why the fakers didn't just use an original to copy rather than depending on collectors to tell them what was wrong.

[M1C]

Never figured out why the fakers didn't just use an original to copy rather than depending on collectors to tell them what was wrong.

That's another good point there. Exactly. It's a laziness on the part of some of the population that this nation has been trained into expecting. All the info on them is out there but people today demand a free and immediate education with no investment on their own part. People need to ask themselves why anyone is entitled to property that someone else worked long and hard at achieving.

Today we don't have to go to the library or order books to study references and we don't even have to subscribe to periodical publications to study. We can sit in a recliner in our house and click buttons to achieve an education for ourselves, like some of us actually did. Well you might have to spend money on parts to study them like I did. Thousands so far. I've been working at this sight topic for 10 years and my time is worth about $20 an hour to me. So far not one person has ever offered to employ me to educate them. I've only had people demand that it's not fair that they don't have the same education. That doesn't mean I don't share it with some people, because plenty know they got info from me. Everyone has an equal opportunity. That does NOT mean you get an equal outcome.

[PWC]

That was the reason for my previous answer, he asked for help and got a partial answer with an implied I know the answer but won't tell you, you have to figure it out yourself.