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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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Seen this today, 11 M1 Carbines for $25,000.00 plus $300.00 plus your FFL fees. So an average of $2,300.00 each. Real 'Lean Description' and sold As...
This is something I haven't come across before, comments. Original M1 Carbine Oiler Retainer for Stock | eBay
Prime Minister Winston Churchill at a show-and-tell of American small arms. Behind him is General Eisenhower. Should you believe Churchill is merely...
Came across a old post on another forum from mid 2012 where a member inquired about a NPM he got from his Father. NPM 5,260,783 with Marlin...
Thought I'd share a picture of three generations of M2's Left to right. Handstamped, Machine stamped, Machine stamped then over stamped. And...
Not to include Duplicated serial numbers like when Inland used WRA serial numbers. Or when Saginaw Gear overrun in to Inland numbers. Question...
In 1986 had a talk with my cousin. He was thinking buying an M1 carbine for defense because he was a coal truck driver and was...
Crosman Carbine Carnival gun? Sold for 1 cent plus ship. Charlie-Painter777 https://www.gunauction.com/buy/14519243/
Trying to help out a member on the CMP who has a Type III Milled Recoilplate marked on the inner right edge SC I'll assume since it's marked it's...
Seen this today, but not sure if it's UEF. Serial looks like it might be 3,385,xxx Possible S'G' ?? With Underwood Barrel? Would have to look at...
Hello again everyone, Well I got a lot of help from you guys regarding identifying parts on my mostly Rock-Ola M1. But now... tragedy has befallen...
My 1944 Inland and Utica bayonet
Anyone have an idea of how many WRA Spring Tube Receivers were made? Wondering when they became capable of doing the long drilling for the integral...
Seen this on auction, No longer available. Seller stated it was broken and said the wire stock had been repaired with JB weld. Questions: Is the...
Hello to everyone, I am new to owning a M1 Carbine and was needed some help. I am using the book “U.S. M1 Carbines, Wartime Production as a...
I recently purchased a Saginaw SG M1 Carbine, serial # 3.2 million. Barrel is underwood, 1-44 date. Two questions please. Is the barrel original...
USGI, I ran across an older post showing how you pushed your rear sight over... to equal the windage adjustment range. And I noticed the 2 spacers...
What stock would typically be found on an Inland M1 s/n 6,941,XXX as it left the factory? Were the Type 4 (long channel) stocks only used on the...
I've read about the expected return of 86,000 M1 Garands from the Philippines, but also read about some Garand returns from South Korea. But in...
Years ago, someone had found these photos and sent them to me, as I am not really a carbine collector but more of a cartridge collector, I saved...
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