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Hello,
I'm the owner of this M1 "mixmaster carbine."
This carbine was reworked from a far Rockola base.
There are unknowed marks on the top of the chamber, and on the left of the barrel.
Could someone help me please?
Best regards from France
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IMHO the marks are Italian proof marks, dated 1981. Perhaps you carbine was a CMP Italian return... I now see you are in France, that takes out the CMP part. Your M1 carbine was in Italian use.
Yes the stamp is for the main armory in Italy FAT. Shows the carbine went through a rebuild or a major inspection there. Italy may have owned some of the carbines she had and if so she could sell them. This may be one of those? The stamp on the barrel looks like a British proof making but the other stamps and the date don't but it was proofed some where in Europe. Is the barrel a USGI barrel or a commercial replacement? If USGI there would be a makers name on the barrel behind the front sight.
Thank you Bruce, but I 'm reading AT star 81 but no FAT?
The barrel is an IBM CORP one, without a date of manufacturing.
No US flaming bomb visible, but I imagine the barrel was re-parkerized
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Sorry for this late answer, but....Tom and Bruce you were right by saying my carbine was rebuilt in Italia in the 80'.
A french carbine enthusiast unveiled the latest mystery, my carbine has Belgian cold proof marking on the left side of the barrel, and this has been done in 2016.
Thanks
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Originally Posted by donki1967