Forum for discussions about the M1 and M2 Carbine
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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Bought a early RMC carbine from a fellow member here a while back. Good friend, He bought this one from the CMP a number of years ago. He stated it...
I've seen a few threads on this topic. What I'm wondering is, using your experience (plus knowledge of the popular books as well) - what's the...
This is a Bavarian Police/Forestry Underwood M1 Carbine that appears to have come into the country as a barreled receiver. It used to have a cruddy...
Hi: Look at WWII ROCKOLA M1 CARBINE 30 US ROCK OLA * : Curios and Relics at GunBroker.com , described as 'WWII MILITARY ROCKOLA M1 CARBINE...
I have #1554234 receiver with a barrel, spring tube, guide and spring, with a DA-Q slide (square cut at the rear). And ... that's all I've got ! ...
Curious about the M2,how many were m2 and convertion kits were manufactured. It seems to me the ideal weapon and ill bet everyone wanted one. donb in...
Saw this on ebay this morning. Original Unissued USGI 1944 Dated M1 Carbine Sling - eBay (item 180533354328 end time Aug-13-10 19:10:28 PDT)
Anyone know ? For sale here. I've never seen one before. Thanks.
These are 4 Quality Hardware boltless carbines that my brother-in-law and I just received from CMP. Two have Rock Ola barrels dated 1944 and one...
New spring is wolfe length exactly 25 turns 2 7/8 " Old spring is exactly 23 turns 2 3/8" Manual says old spring should be replaced with new...
I recently received one of the CMP's M1A1s (with European wood), and I was giving it a good cleaning. However, there is some dirt/grease in the...
I have a type 4 slide. On the bottom inside of the box it has a faint double struct "PI" (Inland) on the outside bottom of the box it has a "U" with...
Did the research call me and let's discuss.
Hello, I've lurked here for a while and found this to be a great forum - this is my first post. I have an early spring tube Winchester that I'm...
Here's another photo of my Dad carrying a M1 carbine in WW2. This one was taken in Normandy, June 1944. He's the guy on the left carrying a...
Sorry, please read the other post with this title Webmaster, please delete this post. thanks.
My understranding is that Inland type 5 slides had the "PI" marking on the inside/bottom of the slide, and later on, the part #7160091 was stamped on...
There is a guy with an interesting NPM on another forum. It is reportedly a "WW2 vet's gun." It has type I band and Sights. The serial number,...
WEhere can I buy a fireing pin and at the same time get it installed,thanks. doncb in fl
well 1st want to say Hi. 2nd I traded for an early inland M1 serial # mid 300,000 range with a dated inland barrel 4-43, overall the gun seems to be...
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