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Jim 'JimF4M1s' Flavin It is with heavy heart I report we've lost this long time respected member. Born and raised in Northern Ca May 7-1949. Jim...
Fairly often, people ask for specifics about The Carbine Club. The link below will take you to the Carbine Club's web site that explains all about...
I recently picked up this khaki carbine sling for a reasonable price; nice condition and no real issues. I hadn't unhooked the "Lift the Dot" until...
These pictures were posted on another forum by Milsurp Collector. Well done and very helpful. Our thanks for making them available.
Hope some might find this of use, below the picture is a link to an old war department movie providing excellent detailed explanation of the function...
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Cal .30 M1 Carbine (1943 WWII U.S. Training Film) This video is an official U.S. Army training film. This is an excellent training video, which...
Cal .30 M2 Carbine (1943 WWII U.S. Training Film) This video is an official U.S. Army training film. This excellent video shows the unique...
Fundamentals of Small Arms Weapons (WWII U.S. Training Films) These combined videos demonstrate the mechanics of pistols, rifles and machine guns....
TM-43-0001-27 - Army Ammunition Data Sheets (1994) DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT: Approved for public release: distribution is unlimited....
FM23-7 Basic Field Manual for .30 Calibre M1 Carbine Published by War Department (May 20, 1942 - 145 Pages) Observations:
Infantry Weapons and their Effects (WWII and Korean era U.S. Training Films) "Infantry Weapons and Their Effects" is an official WWII era...
Victory Is Our Business (1942) A patriotic motivational film for World War II industrial workers film, located with thanks to member "PBI". It...
Basic Manual of Military Small Arms by W.H.B. Smith (Expired Copyright 1943) Observations: by Badger How to load, operate, disassemble,...
My apologies for the delay in giving everyone a thorough update, but I was up and down almost 36 hours addressing the outage, and I needed some...
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Here is one of the two carbines I got from Rock Island Auction last week. The hammer dropped at $1200 for the lot of two Carbines, this one and an...
How often do early Underwoods show up without a CC? This one doesnt seem to show any reminants of having one. Picked it up in a two gun lot at...
This HI low wood has a bad break that I'm going to repair. When I'm done it will never break in the same place. These pics are after being cleaned...
Howdy, It has been along while since I have opened this forum. Not because I don't enjoy what you have here but I guess I'm one of the 21% of the...
When the M1 carbines were updated with adj rear sights, was it common to seat the sight in the dovetail with what looks like a center punch? I was...
Was doing some detailed cleaning of my carbine and I noticed a "bursting bomb" on my trigger group. Just forward of the trigger guard. Is that an...
I recently purchased a Standard products carbine and need some help with id, serial number is 22012##, barrel is marked Underwood 5-44, magazine has...
Guys, Is this pretty or what!
Taking apart my CMP carbine #181,271 and trying to identify the various parts. Having trouble with the mag catch. According to War Baby, mag...
I've been working on 8 stocks and 14 hangaurds for a fellow member of the forum. This is a real nice oval cut highwood Winchester that someone tried...
I am working on a project involving carbine ammunition lot numbers, and was wondering if anyone could shed some light on the actual breakdown of the...
Here is the SG Carbine I bought a week and a half ago. Can someone decipher the parts codes for me? The only mark on the bolt
Don't have time to post images but I believe it is an Underwood with an Underwood 42 barrel. Noticed a number of PI stampings on the metal and the...
This 4.1 mil NPM belongs to a friend - it's been in his family for nearly 50 years. I asked to buy it about seven years ago (had not seen the gun or...
I took my "new" M1 Carbine out to the range today for the first time and put about 200 rounds through it, without incident, other than a really fun...
#995104. I Cut/Hi Wood. 9/43 bbl. I'm wondering, RMC stock, the wheel, double strike, and swivel aperture on the band ?? All advice gratefully...
Can I get some educated opinions as to probable date of manufacture (within 2-3 months) of Saginaw S'G' 1810xxx? I've made a few stabs using...
Recently purchased a M1A1 folding stock as the price was OK and it appeared original to me. As I'm not familiar with M1's so far I was wondering...
What was the serial no. range on the Quality Hardware carbines when they started using type 2 and 3 slides. and did they both go to the end of...
I have a Quality Hardware M1 that was refurbished at the Augusta Arsenal. It has AAV stamped on the left side of the stock near the rear sight. I...
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