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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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Most newcommers seem to be using the Craig Riesch book. For those of us just starting, or getting back into collecting, it would be of immense help...
This is what I have observed having read through both and being a carbine collector: Ruth's good, lots of good information that is correct and...
RECEIVER Recently acquired a carbine simply coded P M C on rear of receiver....
Has anyone seen a bag like this ? It has a date of 1945. Derrick
Mine cracked from leading edge across hole and it is 1/2 way back Its now out for rebarrel
I sent a letter to my Congressman concerning the shredding of spent brass and its sale to China. Here is his reply, A Reply from Congressman...
There was 1 M2, 1 late Universal ($260) and one Winchester stock set. Most interesting was a large box of 15 round new in the wrapper Carbine...
A real C-tip sling and 1A swivel (un-marked) and screw. A few of my rifles came with slings, now I need 1 more and I am afraid of 99.9% of what I see...
9 to 12 months ago i posted pictures of a underwood that has been in my family since 43.it was complete less the stock and hand gaurd, since then, i...
How many books do I need? Got a type 3 hammer marked "IK" No mention in all 3 books I have.War baby has a Hammer maker for Inland "Kal Machine...
Okay, I wished for a modern format for the carbine forum for years, and now we have it. So, why is it not as fun as the old board? Has anyone else...
IBM SN 385389X, IBM Barrel (undated, stamped IBM Corp.), P proof further toward receiver. Stock with NBP over FJA cartouche on R side of stock and...
Good Morning, I have several carbines I need to remove the Type II/Type III sites and replace them with flip sites. So, those that have used the...
Has anyone received any CMP carbines lately?I took the plunge and ordered 2.I know it is luck of the draw.
Home after shoulder sugery and bored. These are from one safe. I know they look better with the mags in, but again only one hand and it was hard...
One of my dental patients and I frequently talk guns. He "lost" his carbine recently when a gunsmith went out of business and disappeared with his....
Right click and open for huge pictures. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/USMC_M1_Carbine.JPEG http://www.atthefront.com/79HBTs.jpg
I just purchased my first USGI M1 carbine I bought it as a shooter but I am curious of its originality I was hoping some one could help me with...
CMP Discussion Forum - M1 Carbine has arrived! Pics inside! In the above link, there is a photo (third from bottom) of a type IV (according to...
I assume a 6 digit s/n Inland with an Underwood 8-44 bbl is not original. Is there anything interesting about the combo, or did the arsenals just...
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