Inland M1 Carbine SN 1205

[tschie]

Hooks Had to order bolt disassembly tool from Amozon, Its scheduled to be delivered the 16 th.Pic will follow. Thanks Tom

[U44]

Thanks Guys, finally got the pics. Beautiful carbine; quite the find. That's the kind we all hope to come across.

The extractor plunger looks cone shaped to me in one pic.

[tschie]

Thanks , The plunger is cone shaped .Got the bolt Apart last night. Will post pics as soon as my son gets time too come over to help his old man. The extractor has two (2) defined punch marks on the inside, the firing pin has one (1) defined punch mark on the rear. Only markings I could find. Thanks Tom

[tschie]

Im sorry I didn't use the correct terminology when I was discribing the markings on the firing pin and extractor. The firing pin is marked on the leftside of the Tang. It is a defind punch mark centerd on the tang from back to front. The extractor has 2 defind punch marks on the inside one over the other About a 1/16 of inch apart, The top on is offset about !/16 of an inch from the bottom one. I hope this makes sense to you.

Thanks Tom

[tschie]

Beautiful carbine, however a zillion pictures but not one of the extractor or plunger. I kept looking hoping to see a cone shaped plunger but no picture unless I missed it.

Here you go, I was able to get the bolt apart and added pictures to the main album. I have also included another album of just bolt pics if you want to jump right to it. Thanks again for everyones support and help. I was also happy to see the plunger is in fact, cone shaped.

Main Album
http://imgur.com/a/vJA1Y

Small album of just bolt parts.
http://imgur.com/a/kKGcJ

[kar66]

Great photo layout of a super nice carbine. Thanks for sharing.

[INLAND44]

Hyperlink to Tom's/tschie Inland M1 Carbine SN 1205 http://imgur.com/a/vJA1Y

At last a real link. Thanks. You know what? My dad worked at Hercules Powder in Hopewell, VA during the war. He tried to enlist but couldn't because of his critical occupation. So he joined the 'Home Guard' which was basically a militia. His tour of duty mainly consisted of riding the fence around the plant in a car with some other guys. There was whiskey and a Thompson involved.

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I am awe-struck by that carbine. Straight from WWII and untouched. I don't claim to be an expert on carbines so I could not swear in court that every part is the one and only original part, but it sure looks like it. I did have a stock with the same markings in the sling well, and I never learned what the 'LA' was - any ideas?

[browningautorifle]

There was whiskey and a Thompson involved.

Last time I saw that, a round was touched off into the floor joists of the basement we were in...old growth fir, it didn't go far.

[tschie]

Thank You , Im still trying to figure that out myself.Just received Craig Riesch book on the U.S Carbine ,maybe it can shed some light on that marking ,If it does ill send you a message.


TOM

[USGI]

According to War Baby III on page 1143, it's believed that LA stands for Lawrence Appleyard - Chief Inspector at Overton. This was before the standards for marking of parts went into effect. - Bob