I noticed this last night but haven't had the chance to watch it yet, if there is someone that is a very thorough reviewer, it's nutn.
I see "not good' in the title capture, and since he generally doesn't like something unless it's perfect I can imaging this will be a in depth teardown.
- Darren 1 PL West Nova Scotia Regiment 2000-2003
1 BN Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 2003-2013
Seriously panned in the review. To think that it costs more than a USGI one, too! Did anyone else notice the roll pin in the front sight? LOL, it screamed at me. The list of issues is horrendous! Mr. Derico, sir, What kid of wood is that?
Watched the video yesterday, I haven't seen him swear much on camera in 6 years of being a viewer, aside from that Turkish UTAS-12 shotgun that is absolute trash.
For those not interested in the video here is a plot summary of his findings, in no particular order:
Personally owned firearm, not a tester piece.
Purchased new from a dealer.
Many failures to feed/poor cycling
Does not shoot groups as advertised, par with a USGI perhaps
Heavy trigger ~8lbs
Upper handguard partially occludes sight picture
Questionable species of wood stock, suspects it's not walnut
Finish around muzzle is wearing off
Returned for warranty work:
Re-profiled feed ramp
Re-profiled chamber
Adjusted magazine feed lip
Marginal improvement in operation.
Windage adjustment knob fell off and is missing.
Rifle will be sold with disclosure about the problems and at an anticipated financial loss.
I think it's a solid, honest video review as is typical with nutnfancy, it's not so much an opinion piece, as it is a presentation of his data and experience. His conclusion, is buy a USGI, which he also has and it runs very well.
- Darren 1 PL West Nova Scotia Regiment 2000-2003
1 BN Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 2003-2013
Did anyone see what type of Mag Catch was on that Carbine. If it wasn't a T4 and he's using a full 30 Round Magazine that's what I would expect to see with with this New Inland or just about any M1 Carbine. There's been so many awful stories about this new Inland it hasn't even been on my mind to have one or even shoot one.
I regret hearing that this is an ongoing problem with the IM Carbines. I certainly hope that things for Ron Norton change. Sometimes Nutnfancy gets a little "over the top" with his criticisms. This one seems rather objective.
I'n the military we were taught to adapt and overcome. Too bad he did learn to analyze the situation a bit better.
I was really bothered by the fact that he sent a magazine that worked 100% with his USGI, and Inland had to "adjust it" to work with their Carbine. Even at that, it was still not 100%. Frank, you are right about the mag catch, but he also had jamming issues with the 15 rounders.
That does say something, doesn't it? If a firearm was designed to change magazines as the method of reloading then it should be 99% reliable with a variety of magazines, especially original production pieces.
Tweaking a magazine to a gun like this is an obvious case of an out of specification build.
- Darren 1 PL West Nova Scotia Regiment 2000-2003
1 BN Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 2003-2013
This is disappointing and really dampens my enthusiasm for their trench gun reproduction though the MSRP for that gun had kind of already done that, along with the name Inland on it... Again, maybe he got a problem gun but even with some more recent positive reviews they don't seem to have it together at all. In particular the rear sight being an issue for a second unrelated person is awful. They are asking a premium price for all their guns and the fit/finish of their guns in reviews don't seem to indicate a premium product it really makes me suspect of their products, and I really have been interested in that trench gun too. Having great customer service is all well and good but I don't want to buy a new gun and expect to use said customer service.
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