[Will t]

Im likely going to be in the market for a Devine sometime this summer and am wondering if $3k is a reasonable expectation as to budget? Or would $4k be more like it? Thanks in advance gentlemen.

I have been collecting Devine’s for a very long time and keep track of original examples. According to Elmer Ballance there are less than 200 surviving Devine Texas M1A rifles in varying original condition. My data supports that conclusion. Keep in mind the “MOST”common DEVINE rifle is the DEVINE TEX one line barrel address with only 28 known examples!

 

[Will t]

Original in regards to the rifles being in the condition they left Elmer’s shop in 1971-1974 just with additional wear. Elmer says John Holden built 100 NM accurized Devine M1A’s for him and Glen and Hook built an additional 125. These are considered to be some of the rarest Devine’s. All of those will be in Elmer’s records and can be authenticated. Elmer will tell you he sold or traded off well over a thousand receivers and barreled receivers that were later assembled by others into complete rifles. I believe we can agree these are Texas receivers but were not Devine ( ie Elmer Ballance ) manufactured rifles.