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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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Picture from Life Magazine in Germany 1945. GI's playing with some Russians. I see............. Rear Adj site, Type II band, and flat bolt. Have...
Hello all, this is my first post since I can remember. How can Korean markings be removed without damage to a stock? It appears the 'paint'...
Started out as the typical arsenal rebuild mixmaster with Type 3 adjustable sight, bayonet lug barrel band Just got it back today from Chuckindenver...
I need to partially disassemble my M1A1 repro stock to get at the recoil plate screw to better fit the action. This requires removal of the very long...
Riesch's book says, "all bolts were rust blued or Du-Lite finished...." But he goes on to say, "Parkerized bolts were refinished during...
I have encountered handguards, recoil plates, and stock marked with rather large capital letters "P J". I had previously understood that these were...
I have had my Inland in a nice SA walnut potbelly for shooting. Since I have decided to put the Inland in a large shadow box with some of my dad's...
I have a lead or two on a handguard swap, but nothing has panned out. I really do like the deep groove bull nose, even though it is not Inland. If...
Outside of Riesch's examples for Standard Products and Grand Rapids, who made buttplates? Did any of the primary contractors make their own...
Seems like I recall someone was looking for M1 carbine Drawings and Specs a while back. If so, Here's a link to a auction of some..... M1 Carbine...
Nice picture for the den.... But I have a feeling most of you would have the backside facing the front. JOHN COPPIN "WWII GI's" Signed Oil...
My son bought a repro M1 Carbine Bolt Tool for use on our three carbines. Regarding use of the tool, I thought I read somewhere that the pawl that...
I just picked up a nice sling well marked R M C , no other marks or proofs, there was a handguard in the group of things I bought, 2 revits, u...
Who made the PI marked handguard? Inland? Where do you find this information? Regards, Rick.
I don't know why but I have tried to memorize some ser# of some of my Garands with no luck but my only carbine rolls off my tung any time with no...
On my NPM Carbine that I acquired a couple of weeks ago, I just noticed that the front sight is a bit loose. When shoved rearward, it locks tight...
Anyone come across one of these before. New to me ? #3009760 is in it with a 7/44 Underwoood barrel. A mixer. There's got to be a story to tell...
I have been lubricating my Carbine with oil, as called for in the FM's. Being an old Garand owner and shooter, I have always believed in the "If it...
I notice in pictures and writtings that some serial #'s are xed out or some of the #er is blacked out. example 1293xxx. Why is this done? oh I...
Currently, my Rock-ola resides in what I was told is an Inland stock. The stock was purchased separately. The stock has the faint remnants of a...
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