GI M1 Carbine?

Hello Members,
This will be my first post. I hope I'm doing this correctly. I just bought a GI M1 Carbine. It's an Underwood, at least I think it is. It's got the word Underwood stamped on the receiver with a flaming ball below. But, on the barrel just below the front sight, it's stamped: SAGINAW S.G. DIV. GENERAL MOTORS. So my question is: Who really made this gun or is it a combination of manufatures? The serial number stamped on the receiver, just below the word UNDERWOOD is: 4012218 ( at least I think that's the serial number). Anyone who has any information on this gun, I would sure appreciate hearing from you. Thanks in advance and it sure is nice being a new member.

Geo.

It's an Underwood Carbine since the serial numbered part is the receiver. Underwood made their own barrels as did Inland, Saginaw, Winchester, Rock-ola, IBM. I believe it originally wouldn't been made with an Underwood barrel. Interested in selling?:) I'm always interested in wayward Carbines.

ETA: And welcome. Have you got a picture of the Carbine?

What you have is an Underwood M1 carbine,rebuilt with a Saginaw barrel. Underwood utilized their own barrels(I am thinking it should have an Underwood barrel dated around 8-43). There are some neat YouTube videos on how to assemble/disassemble your rifle and its parts.

Welcome Globalfrey :thup:
Nice seeing new members signing on.
If you have any questions feel free to ask the board or E-mail me or send a Private Message.
Click on my username under my Avatar and you'll see contact options.

For Pictures:
I use Photobucket, it's free. I usually take my pictures and load them on a desktop file, then hit upload on Photobucket, find that file and keep it in a named file in Photobucket AKA Underwood 4,012,218.
Once there I click on the IMG code until it is copied, then use the Advanced post here to paste it in to.
Always a good idea to try the 'Preview Post' option to make sure your picture is there. If all is OK, then hit 'Submit Reply'

BTW: Your Underwood didn't happen until we see a picture or two...... or 3 or.. Well we love pictures.
We'll go easy on you for now...... but we want to know much more about that Underwood. What parts, sights, trigger housing/ housing internals, stock...... you getting the idea?

Again Welcome,
Charlie-painter777

Welcome to the Carbine forum Globalfrey,

Lots of info is shared here. Most if not all questions get a response from somebody. You can also use the search feature to look up past posts on a subject that you might have a question about.

Everybody here likes pictures. We get to drool that way.

As Charlie mentioned, you can contact people through the message system if you want. Enjoy the forum and we look forwad to seeing pictures of your carbine.

Jim