Inland barrel question

[USGI]

I talked to a guy at a gunshow yesterday about an Inland that had belonged to his grandfather. The story is that the grandfather had been a paratrooper in WWII and his carbine was a 5.5 Inland and originally had a paratrooper stock. He was asking about value and looking for a repro paratrooper stock for this carbine. He knew that a bayonet band had been added and the stock had been changed. He is positive that the barrel is marked Inland and it has a 1948 date stamp. Is this possible? I asked if it might be '43 instead, but he was positive it's marked '48. He might give me a call and have me look at it in person. What do you guys think? Thanks - Bob

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[INLAND44]

I don't think such a barrel exists.

[painter777]

Didn't BrianQ , ChrisA, or some of the other most notable carbine gurus note that some Inland barrels were found with the wrong dates stamped on them?
As in stamp numbers being mis-alingned.
Maybe one will chime in here.
I have too much company here now to look thru the old CC newletters.

Charlie-painter777

[USGI]

I'll do some searching on the CMP forum and see if I can find anything. I didn't get the guy's name or number, but he took my phone number and if he calls and arranges a meeting, I'll try to photo the barrel stamp. Thanks, Guys! - Bob

[Tired Retired]

I remember (in a senile moment) that some 1943 barrels appear to have been dated "48" BUT I think they were Underwood barrels. It was an issue with the roll stamp. But I do not have a reference, just my memory.... for what that is worth.

[Rustship]

Here is an UNDERWOOD 10 - 49

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Rusty,

What is it on?

Jim

[Rustship]

Underwood T code

[Bruce McAskill]

Inland barrels were not miss dated as were some Underwood barrels. Some Inland barrels not have the month date on them but did the year. If I remember correctly this happened at least twice during Inlands production. Once in 43 and once in 44 in the August/September time frame.

[INLAND44]

I don't think I have heard of any Inland post-war barrels. The only post-war barrels I knew of before seeing the above Underwood were the SA-marked ones and of course the infamous Herlos. It does stand to reason that the gov bought some spare barrels after WWII because the Carbine was in-service for some time after Korea. Phased-out around 1957, it remained in-service with NG units for many years. Underwood makes sense too because they were one of the major 1949 rebuilders.