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M1 Carbine receiver, early Chinese (Red) 1950s : Semi Auto Rifles at GunBroker.com
This is kind of interesting. A Chinese Korean war era copy of an M1 Carbine receiver? I have never seen anything like this before. Any comments or additional known information? It looks pretty legit to me.
It's the real deal. During and right after WW2 the US sent a large number of US weapons to the Chinese Nationalists. After the war we also sent them machinery and tools to make 30 carbines as well as a large supply of spare parts. They stated making them as well as Thompson's and M3A1 sub guns. When the Nationalists fled to Taiwan they had to leave this tooling behind. The Communists used this tooling to make their own version of the carbine. When they exported carbines back to the US some of them were these copy's. Some of the parts were USGI and others were of excellent quality but others were very crude even hand made like barrel bands and swivels. If someone stripped off all the parts because they were a mix of Chinese and USGI then they made a big mistake as most of these were a mix to start with and the real value is in the complete carbine.
The same seller has some other interesting items including more carbine receivers. I've seen another RB receiver but it had a logo on it that his doesn't have. One he has is a "Bullseye" - gonna' have to look that one up on Jim's M's website. - Bob
Many years ago, I saw some M1 carbine replacement stocks that the seller stated were made in Japan during the Korean War period. These stocks were two piece on the butt section, just like the Japanese WW2 rifle stocks, these were made from a very light weight wood
I know there is some interest in these. I have never been enamored with commercial carbines. Just personal choice, but I don't have any in my collection.