1920 German Commercial

alanint · 02-26-2011, 05:47 PM

You carbine is all WW2 with a very late issue type two rear sight. The rear sight is actually easy to remove. It just taps out of a dovetail. It is probably peened in anywhere from two to four places. If so, it makes no sense to restore it to the original flip sight since a collector will spot the peening and know it was retrofitted with an early sight. It is anyhow correct for late war.
It has the original configuration narrow barrel band, push button safety and 15 round magazine mag release, flat bolt and two rivet upper handguard. The stock looks like an original low wood stock.
The only detraction I see is that someone modified the front sight, either cutting off the protective sight ears or adapting some sort of commertial sight. I can't tell from the photos. This can be corrected by replacing with an original WW2 front sight.
Although Inland made more carbines than any other manufacturer, it's all there and worth from $1,200 to $1,400 in today's market, depending on close examination of any additional markings.

02-26-2011, 05:47 PM	#10
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	You carbine is all WW2 with a very late issue type two rear sight. The rear sight is actually easy to remove. It just taps out of a dovetail. It is probably peened in anywhere from two to four places. If so, it makes no sense to restore it to the original flip sight since a collector will spot the peening and know it was retrofitted with an early sight. It is anyhow correct for late war. It has the original configuration narrow barrel band, push button safety and 15 round magazine mag release, flat bolt and two rivet upper handguard. The stock looks like an original low wood stock. The only detraction I see is that someone modified the front sight, either cutting off the protective sight ears or adapting some sort of commertial sight. I can't tell from the photos. This can be corrected by replacing with an original WW2 front sight. Although Inland made more carbines than any other manufacturer, it's all there and worth from $1,200 to $1,400 in today's market, depending on close examination of any additional markings.