Inherited Dad's M1 Carbine, an Irwin Pedersen

[frankderrico]

If it were mine, I would contact wtmr.

[AFJon]

Keep in mind also Colorado seems to have some fairly high prices on carbines ie $900 for "BLUE SKY" import marked Inlands. Yes they will sell eventually.

[INLAND44]

I don't know, man. The carbine sure looks original to me but I do not know if that's the way they came (Underwood barrel). If that thing is unmolested, it will bring several times more than $2500. All I can say for sure is it represents the most IP parts on one carbine I have seen.

ETA; I saw one that sold on GB for $3900 that was a Parkerized rebuild. That's what I'm saying - this one is original.

[Newscotlander]

If you can find an original IP, and that is a big "if", it's going to cost you big money. I know of one that sold recently at auction (with buyers premium) for about $4800. If I were pricing it, I would say between $5000 and $6000. The reason I price it like that instead of $4800 is for two reasons.

1. The condition on this one is slightly better.

2. The auction where the $4800 carbine was sold was not widely advertised. If it had been better advertised, where more carbine collectors were aware, I believe the price would have been higher.

Now, somebody might find one at a garage sale for $200, but that is not a realistic value.

[Allard J2]

Started taking it apart today to see and photograph what parts it has.

[USGI]

According to WarBaby! that trigger could be a transfer from Inland or Underwood. - Bob

[Allard J2]

I just took the hammer/spring/and sear out and snapped a picture of the trigger top: S'G'. From reading, that's one of the two triggers that would be seen on an unmolested original.

What led you to think it could be an Underwood or Inland transfer? And what's a transfer? Is that where one company would run out of certain parts at certain times, and get a transfer of those parts from another company with excess stock so as not to shut down the line?

[Rustship]

That's the right trigger !

[U44]

A beautiful Carbine. You have the one most collectors are looking for. It looks totally correct to me, although the S'G' trigger does not have a notch on the back side that most supposedly have.

[manteo97]

This appears to be the real deal. I usually need a carbine in my hands to appraise it, but of course, not practical in this case. I would give this an appraised value of $2500 - $3000 USD, in your neck of the woods, slightly higher if the sling is original, and there is a matching magazine. This would put it in the same range as cali201 mentioned before. An appraisal is usually for insurance purposes, and this I-P might fetch much more on auction.

Carbine Club NL374 has quite the detailed analysis of I-P M1 carbines, and has a Data Sheet for 1768802. A little earlier S/N than yours.

Based on your personal history of this nice example of an I-P, you should keep this if you can and pass it along within your family when you feel the time is right. Might be a good idea to get your story in writing, and have it notarized to preserve the provenance.