Newbie to 30 M1 Carbine

[jimb16]

It looks like someone was trying to cut it off in order to make a slide for a late model Universal.

[georgerkahn]

A really knowledgeable fellow is "Anthony" who runs Orion7 -- a M1 Garand and Carbine shop on New York's Long Island. His email is orionrigel@yahoo.com and he also is board chair of Garand Collectors Association. I'd be most surprised if he didn't answer your questions! I have a few carbines in my stable, and in very short order (and cost for parts) he sure "done me well"! Best! geo

[medalguy]

The rifle is designed to strip rounds out of the magazine, not hand feed them. From my time in the AF as a small arms tech, I understood that the action of stripping a round tended to slow down the forward inertia of the slide thus helping to prevent a slam fire.

A suggestion for the mag catch would be to disassemble the catch and be sure of two things: (1) the spring is the correct diameter, length, and compression strength; and (2) be sure the slide moves very freely. If there is even a hint of binding, clean it up with some very fine valve grinding compound until it slides very freely. Good luck.