Here's My '43 Inland

I recently inherited this Inland Div M1 Carbine from my father. The barrel is marked "INLAND MFG. DIV. , GENERAL MOTORS , 4-43". Receiver is marked "INLAND DIV. 349073". Stock is an "I-Cut", marked "IO" in the sling well, crossed cannon cartouche on right side, circle "P" under the grip. The bolt is marked "IO", the slide only has what appears to be a "1" stamped on it. Push button safety is unmarked, magazine release is marked "W-I", trigger housing has the Inland stamp, rear flipper sight appears to be marked "S-) on left side. This has a type-1 barrel band, but is missing the correct screw and swivel (I ordered a correct type repro screw and swivel, unitil I can find an original). It has a "C-Type" sling, and a magazine pouch marked "R.B. HANSON MFG. CO. 1944" on it.

Whoever had it before my father had added sling swivels to the stock (dad removed them, repaired the holes best he could), and had varnished the stock. I plan to strip the varnish off, and refinish it with BLO. Overall finish on all metal parts is very good. Here's some pics.

cmr314, thats is a real nice carbine. Before you strip and refinish the stock, may I suggest getting some advice and guidance from some of the experts on stock work here on the forum. Good luck and enjoy it.....Frank

I just put an INland on layaway. It is from century arms. It has painting on the stock. I've seen others with paint on stock. And was told it was used for protest.

cmr, that is a great family keep sake... you can be sure that while you may have some post-war parts there, they are are not the mis-represented fakes which are flooding the market right now. Hope your kids get to enjoy "grandpa's carbine" down the line!

Tired Retired mentioned that there were some post war parts on this, which parts would they be? Second question, given it's current condition, would you use this for shooting CMP matches, or, would you look for a second carbine for shooting matches and keep this one as a collector piece?

If your going to do alot of shooting, I'd get a shooter from cmp. Even with the current state of the stock, putting a fresh gouge on it or cracking that early handguard would be tragic if it were mine. I have a six digit that looks very similiar to yours with a few put on parts. I went plinking with it last time I shot it and now I feel really guilty. I also need to invest in a shooter. Get the correct sling swivel, refinish the stock and your value is easily a grand. By all means shoot it, but maybe a clip or two every two to three years! Looks like the varnish was applied to more than the stock! You'll have fun cleaning all the metal too! All part of the fun! Nice carbine.

Yeah, whomever did the varnish job obviously never heard of removing the action first. I've slowly been scraping away at the varnish on the metal with my thumbnail, and it's been flaking off pretty well. The hard part is going to be finding the correct Inland barrel band screw and swivel (anybody got one in their parts collections?).

Figure I'll pick up a shooter at some point, as I've got a few thousand rounds of .30 Carbine that dad had collected over the years, both ball ammo and JSP ammo.