Stevie
06-29-2011, 01:05 PM
I've had an M1 carbine I inherited from my father in law rat-holed for several years.
One of the last of the cheap carbines..he bought it in the early 1990's for $169 at a gunshow....came with sling bayonet and all. Probably a ROK import..well used..and has a tiny import stamp I cannot read.
Anyhow, son and I take the spare M1 carbine shooting yesterday..and it shoots great. Has a few problems with the front band slipping forward and tossing the handguard off....but the hook on the bandspring is bogus..so no big deal.
While looking the carbine over post-shoot..dawns on me that it's a fairly early Inland made gun...5 digit serial number, and a barrel date of 9-42.
I scatter the carbine and inspect all the parts to see who made what. It's a pile of different make pieces...but the barreled receiver..and the stock and handguard all appear to be Inland parts.
I was curious if the stock and handguard were appropriate for a 1942 made Inland. The handguard is a two rivit walnut peice..maybe with the deeper sight groove. The stock is a thin wartime type with the oval oiler/sling slot..and low wood at the op-rod. No 'I slot'..and no 'hi wood' or 'high wall' or whatever they call the early stocks that cover most of the op-rod.
The stock has a 'HI' marking in the sling groove(Inland?)..and the handguard has an 'HU' or 'HO' on the bottom edge(possible Inland?)
Does the stock/handguard codes corrospond with Inland codes...would a late 1942 made Inland carbine be in the range for a stock without early features?
Thanx. Stevie
One of the last of the cheap carbines..he bought it in the early 1990's for $169 at a gunshow....came with sling bayonet and all. Probably a ROK import..well used..and has a tiny import stamp I cannot read.
Anyhow, son and I take the spare M1 carbine shooting yesterday..and it shoots great. Has a few problems with the front band slipping forward and tossing the handguard off....but the hook on the bandspring is bogus..so no big deal.
While looking the carbine over post-shoot..dawns on me that it's a fairly early Inland made gun...5 digit serial number, and a barrel date of 9-42.
I scatter the carbine and inspect all the parts to see who made what. It's a pile of different make pieces...but the barreled receiver..and the stock and handguard all appear to be Inland parts.
I was curious if the stock and handguard were appropriate for a 1942 made Inland. The handguard is a two rivit walnut peice..maybe with the deeper sight groove. The stock is a thin wartime type with the oval oiler/sling slot..and low wood at the op-rod. No 'I slot'..and no 'hi wood' or 'high wall' or whatever they call the early stocks that cover most of the op-rod.
The stock has a 'HI' marking in the sling groove(Inland?)..and the handguard has an 'HU' or 'HO' on the bottom edge(possible Inland?)
Does the stock/handguard codes corrospond with Inland codes...would a late 1942 made Inland carbine be in the range for a stock without early features?
Thanx. Stevie