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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,...
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I have 2 carbines, Underwood and IBM, both 1943 according to the numbers. They have the usual post war redo stuff. They look and function...
Not mine. It looks to be correct and in really good shape, though not as nice as mine! U.S. WWII WINCHESTER M1 CARBINE .30CAL SEMI AUTO : Semi Auto...
Moderators, please lock (but please do not move) this thread as I don't want it to turn political, but it is information critical particularly to...
As the stock on my carbine is now warped to the point of uselessness, I bought another. This is from Saginaw, marked RSG in the sling well. The...
Could use some help. I can get ( 6) boxes of ammo for the m1 carbine made by GECO imported by Century Arms when they were in Canada. The primers...
Hello, I know a little about this carbine, the FAT cartouche is for an arsenal, Fabricca Armi de Terni (excuse my poor Italian) that it is USGI...
I'm a new member to the forum. Could I impose on members of this forum for any information you could give me regarding the IBM M1 carbine I recently...
I have 1943 underwood ser#2903484. My question is was the receiver and barrel ever blued on this gun. Or should it be parkerized. I bought this gun...
As some of you may know, last winter I cleaned up the two carbines I have and a lot of you helped me with some things. Especially the sizes of...
I found a carbine field test bolt today, as well as several headspace gages. Found a picture of one in War Baby Comes Home, page 659 but there was no...
I have recently come into possession of a large group of M1 carbine parts. I have everything except the receiver and rear sight. The barrel is an...
I'm looking for an uncut Saginaw S.G. front sight or at least one measuring not less than .315 from base to tip as a replacement for one that was cut...
I'm getting conflicting info on probable date (month) of manufacture of 2,109,xxx Standard Products receiver. My data base is not very extensive. ...
I've got a type 3 recoil plate, not cast, that's identified with a hyphen (-) within a circle on the left side of the tang. Any idea who the mfr...
Just got her in today for my son. Can anyone enlighten me what I have? Not too critical as far as a collector goes as I bought her for her bore as...
Well, I picked up the Winchester today. Serial number 5,701,503, Type II unmarked band, type III H in a shield rear sight, with original stake...
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Is this an Inland band? If not, which manufacturer would have used it. I’ve been under the assumption that early Inland bands were blued. Now I’m...
It has been a while since I posted in here. Work keeps me ever so busy, and Grandkids, Grandkids, Grandkids!! I just picked this up last night and...
Has any one seen a Hammer stamp like this. Looks like the I is missing. The left side of the H is stamped much deeper then the right side ???.
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