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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...
Basic Manual of Military Small Arms by W.H.B. Smith (Expired Copyright 1943) Observations: by Badger How to load, operate, disassemble,...
Victory Is Our Business (1942) A patriotic motivational film for World War II industrial workers film, located with thanks to member "PBI". It...
Infantry Weapons and their Effects (WWII and Korean era U.S. Training Films) "Infantry Weapons and Their Effects" is an official WWII era...
FM23-7 Basic Field Manual for .30 Calibre M1 Carbine Published by War Department (May 20, 1942 - 145 Pages) Observations:
TM-43-0001-27 - Army Ammunition Data Sheets (1994) DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT: Approved for public release: distribution is unlimited....
Fundamentals of Small Arms Weapons (WWII U.S. Training Films) These combined videos demonstrate the mechanics of pistols, rifles and machine guns....
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...
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.
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...
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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About a month ago I picked up a rubber stunt prop of an M1 Carbine used in the filming of HBO's 'The Pacific'. I don't actually have HBO, so I...
Have been following an auction on CMP, right now with 2 days left in the auction, being bid up now to $4,500.00 by a newer member, this is astounding...
OK, what is the secret/proper way to attach the carrying strap to the carbine? I can't get the oiler to go into the cut into the stock where it...
well, not too bad, looking at the baby in the dirty bathwater. Inland, #700xxx and with an SI code, Large SG and small SI, 5/43 barrel. A1 flat...
just received the carbine from CMP, and it looks like someone somewhere painted the stock black? Or is this just oil buildup? anyway, it is stamped...
I'm new here, but frequent several other forums. You guys really seem to be into M1 Carbines, so I figured I'd post some pics (sorry, not the best)...
I think I figured it out.
I got this from a buddy at work and had some questions. It is a Saginaw with Marlin barrel. Bolt and Op slide are Inland. Trigger housing is...
I have a 1.56 mil QHMC with a Q-EM bolt. It is suppose to have an R-O or Q-NL firing pin. I can't find R-O info anywhere. Is R-O the same as...
Hi all, I am new here but have been collecting various types for many years. My problem is that I have come into possession of a 4 digit Inland. It...
I finally got around to disassembling my saginaw carbine in order to get it to all original parts. The Type II slide was marked DAQ in the well. ...
Ok guys, I posted this on the CMP forums and it has people shaking their heads. I purchased this IBM Carbine from an estate of a deceased VFW...
Hi all, I think I might have just bought a unrefurbished M1 Carbine. It is a Underwood, and has all the early features (2 position rear sight,...
I just picked up an Ibm carbine this weekend and the stock has me confused. It has what looks like an L W in the slingwell and then the underwood...
I just found this forum yesterday when searching 5.7 Johnson (5.7 MMJ and .22 Spitfire) and found the thread below fascinating. However it was...
I'm well aware this topic has been beat up, tossed about, argued about, and discussed numerous times, but it bears mention again. I've owned and...
I read somewhere, maybe on here that the Russians have ceased their quality control on the Wolf ammo due to pressure in filling orders in a timely...
I post this note as a word of thanks for those thousands of brave young men who were fighting and dying on the beach so long ago. They and so many...
Hi all. Just had a parts failure in my NPM. The top of the ring on the hammer spring plunger broke off and blocked my safety from engaging. I...
Hi All. I seem to recall that one of our members said he had been using Small Pistol primers in lieu of Small Rifle primers in his Carbine loads....
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