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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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I'm looking for some help with a rear sight problem--seems the sight has drifted off to the right side. Looks like the sight base was staked on...
A serious question . When they converted some M1's to M2's, how did they deal with the trigger housing question ? I know about the hammers. For...
I asked a question here about 2 weeks ago, and received some very good feed back from you guy's At that time I was not sure of complete S/N but...
Over the weekend I went to a m1 carbine and m1 garand shoot at my local gun club, of the 2 magazines I brought one was not a USGI magazine. It would...
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Just seen a auction on GB with a Type II stock marked S-HB in the slingwell along with the Flaming Bomb. Is this a legit marking? I don't recall...
Any idea what type of pouch this is? Don't know any more than what the pictures show. Thinking I should get it today or Monday at the latest....
Im looking to buy this rifle but im very unsure of it. The guy selling it either knows his stuff or would be a great used car salesman ,Heres the...
I just received my M1A1 from the CMP today and, as expected, it is covered in grease/cosmoline. Can anyone pass along any tips on how to clean off...
Was in a Big 5 Sporting Goods in So. Cal on my road trip. They had an Inland mixmaster M1 Carbine for $999.00! It was AWFUL! it made the Rack...
It is a Korean import bought about 1999 or so...A 30-06 m-2 round in the muzzle shows about 1/8"...How much should I ask for it?.....Thanks Charlie
Gave a new life to this Quality Hardware. It's a late production, and I want to extend thanks to members who helped me with some of the Parts. ...
Picked these up today.
This past weekend Jim Brandt, Tommy Phillips and I set up a display of M-1 Carbines. Our intention was to provide to the attendees of the Spring...
I just found that I have a big problem. I have had carbines piled in one corner and mags in a box put away. I counted 15 rd mags today and I have...
Recently seen a RSG Hand Guard marked R.S.G. (with periods) Has anyone seen any more marked like this? The ones I have are all marked just RSG ...
Was metal on M1A1 stocks originally parkerized, blued, or painted black? I have checked all the books I have but have found no mention of the...
I had to go to the range to battle sight a VZ58 and SP1 clone I built, so I thought I would take the carbines, too. Weather was so miserable,...
Since my dad carried an M1 Carbine on Iwo Jima and I have talked about him here, I thought this the best place to put out some interesting facts...
I recall for me it was in 1965, my sophomore year in high school when I joined ROTC. In the armory we had a rack of the M1 Garands we stripped,...
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