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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...
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...
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...
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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Noticed this on Ebay. If real these could be dangerous in the wrong hands Charlie Ebay link, THE ORIGINAL US WW2 M1 CARBINE INLAND STOCK...
I worked on this batch for a couple months off and on. Most of the time spent getting 50+ hand guards finished. Stock metal cleaned and butt plates...
I have two M1 Carbine oilers. Should I keep them with their respective rifles? I don't use them. Would they enhance the resale of their respective...
What front trigger housing take down pin should Underwood serial #1,426,5XX and Winchester serial #1,075,5XX have, type I or II? TIA
The last two gunshows I attended have tons and tons of M1 carbine ammo (as well as .223 ammo) listed for $20 for a box of 20. The brand name on the...
OK a couple of questions on my S.G. number 3509072. Should it have a flip sight if so what marking or a milled sight with what marking if any? ...
I was at Cheaper Than Dirt in Fort Worth yesterday. The Catalog lists S&B at $35 per box of 50. They are still listing 120 rd. USGI LC Carbine ammo...
I'm in need of a real RMC early band, but not that familiar with them. I can't see the top, to look at how many welds. Also looks as though the...
I got a new camera and took some pictures of my Carbines I just bought. Line up: Underwood I got yesterday, Inland I got last week, and a NM1859...
I know the type 2 stocks had extra wood left on later in 1943, however look at the pics..my early 208499 Inland's stock wrist behind the recoil...
Dodged a bullet, so to speak. It's my IAI M1 with all GI parts but the barreled receiver. Loaded a magazine, aimed, fired. Ok. Aimed, pulled the...
WTK; Would all barrel bands be marked in the same place by the same manuf. for the same carbine manf.? Would they be just stamped on at any location...
Hi guys, Just got home so no pics yet. I will try to add a before/after soon. This is what I got today: QUALITY HARDWARE SERVICE GRADE/ 1.9M...
Hi all I'm new to here. I picked up my first M1 over the weekend. I payed 7 for it. It is a non import in real nice shape. These are hard to find...
I was chatting with a good friend this afternoon and since he was off to a VA show tomorrow asked him to see if he couldn't find me a couple of M1...
I took my grandsons to this wonderful museum to day. If you live within a few hours drive of the Quantico Marine Base, Virginia, you should try to...
Folks, I got this question a few days ago and am not enough of a Carbine Collector to answer it correctly, so I'm hoping someone can help me out. ...
One of my slings has a C tip on one end and a D tip on the other. The fastner is coded "United Carr" "Boston Mass". Anyone have an idea how this...
Timeline: 4/3/09: Order mailed via standard mail 5/14/09: DBU email received with order received data of 4/6/09 7/10/09: Order Acknowledgement...
Looking for the approximate manufacture date for serial number 1,824,656.
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