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04-08-2024, 09:42 PM | #1 |
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3 Military M1 Carbines
Attached are photos of three military M1 Carbines I've had for several years. They are: Standard Products, Saginaw S.G. and Inland Motors Div. The Inland Motors is my shooter since it has a replacement stock but all other parts are original G.I. including the canvas shoulder sling. |
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04-09-2024, 12:12 AM | #2 |
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I like me some carbines
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I like your carbines Big Open! First rifle I ever bought was an M1 Carbine, Inland-Underwood 1944, when I was 15 years old. Still have it and still love them carbines. Thanks for sharing yours.
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Thanks everyone for looking at the photos and making comments. The Inland Motors is a real pleasure to shoot and load for. The other two I guess are "safe queens". Thanks again.
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Nice collection. I can look at M1 carbines all day. Thanks for showing.
My favorite rifle. I have a Saginaw S'G' with an Underwood barrel. |
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Op, I love M1 30 Carbines and have few myself. I enjoy them even more at the range. Thanks for sharing photos of yours.
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rolandtg, Eugen etc ----- Thanks for looking at the photos. Yes, my Saginaw S.G. has an Underwood barrel as well and I believe it is stamped "43". I really like shooting the M1 carbine, too bad they are so high dollar these days. I'd like to pick up more of them but in today's market they are too rich for my blood.
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I had a couple of others I bought in the early '90's when a lot of them were re-imported but they were pretty shot out. I sold those, wish I'd kept them looking at prices now. Here's an old photo of my Saginaw with my Springfield. They're both '43. |
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rolandtg ----- Thanks for showing your Saginaw and Springfield. You have a very good looking M1 carbine and M1 Garand rifle. I like the ammo pouches you show in your photo. Are they originals ? I'm going to a gun show this weekend and will be looking for some ammo pouches there. I picked up my first M1 carbine in the mid 60's for $75, the Std. Prod. piece in the photos above. I have only one M1 Garand that I picked up from the DCM in '91 for $90. It is a very nice rifle with the barrel stamp SP 41 on the chamber area. I've fired only about 2 or 3 eight round clips of surplus ammo through it shortly after I got it. I haven't fired it since then. I think I'd better take it out and put a few rounds through it just to make sure it still works. I'll take a photo of it and my Saginaw S.G. crossed like you show in your photo. Thanks for showing your pieces.
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Thank you. The ammo belt for the Garand clips is a reproduction.
Everything else is "vintage". The Garand was also a DCM rifle. I paid a few bucks more for it than yours! It was rebarreled in '46 so I guess it saw some action somewhere. I haven't had it out to shoot in quite a while, I hate cleaning it. |
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rolandtg ---- Yeah, as I mentioned above I haven't had my M1 out to fire it in 30 + years and I'll have to remedy that before long. Many years ago I cleaned my M1 under the watchful eye of a big tough Sargent who stood there to inspect the finish product. Those were good days though. I was issued a M1 Carbine for a short time and that was a much easier piece to pack around and clean after a day on the rifle range. I'd like to have both of them in my safe today.
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