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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What a surprise! Fake 30s being sold as USGI. Browsing Ebay and found a fake "J" Jahn 30 rounder: wrong script, double stamped and rounded back...
Read a post by RM (6ring) :thup: today about Matrix being out of stock on a lot of their M1 carbine tools. So Wandered over and bought extra tips...
Does anyone know if QHMC made Post WWII Bayo Bands ? Ran across this while searching completed auctions...... Noticed marked for M2. Seller...
Question for the hive: I know the Korean 15 round mags work as well as the USGI ones, but has anyone had any experience with the Korean "UU" 30...
Hi all, I posted this on the Carbine Collections Club forum and would be interested to know if anyone else has had the same issue. I bought a...
Research Assistance Saginaw Receivers 3,249,020 thru 3,651,519 5,834,619 thru 6,071,188 We are researching changes in receiver features in an...
For some unknown reason, I decided to take down my late Summer/early Fall of 1943 National Postal Meter Carbine from late in the first serial block,...
Hello everyone! I'm new to the site. I recently inherited a M1 carbine and wanted to reach out to learn as much as possible about what I have. ...
Has anyone ever seen a A.I. 4 Bolt? Asking just to compare because of just recently seeing my first O.I. 4 Bolt.
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First is Ian from forgotten Weapons interview Ken Hackthorne about the M1 Carbine: Ken Hackathorn on the M1 Carbine: Reputation vs Reality -...
Is there someone in the mid Michigan area that can help evaluate and sell to a collector the carbines that I have?
Hi all, I was wondering what the official acceptable accuracy (group size at 100yds) for new carbines in WW2? For that matter, what do Carbine...
To whom ever has carbine, or receiver, ser # 3639493, please contact me via P M. I believe I have one with a consecutive number. Thank you
Some years back(1990's) I jumped on a deal for '20 GI 15 shot mags for $20'...the distributer promised scratches, dents and rusted mags plus some in...
We change the oil in our cars after so many thousand miles so assuming one is using clean ammo and cleans the bore and chamber after each trip to the...
The title might raise higher expectations than what in fact I can show. These are not complete rifles but "just" receivers. Both were restamped to M2...
I just came across a NPM carbine ser# 1495xxx and a Underwood barrel dated 6-43 with early features including a type 1 stock. It appears to be all...
MY 1943 unmolested Inland I had.. Same Inland I used as aa Patrol Carbine on a 3 year Homeland Security Contract CMP rack grade I got...
I was wondering. I know it is unlikely, but is it possible my late Inland could have had a Saginaw stock? The stock is mint like the rest of the...
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