Yep, no reason not to shoot it. And speaking of shooting, fire one round and see if it breaks the piston loose - it probably will.
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Yep, no reason not to shoot it. And speaking of shooting, fire one round and see if it breaks the piston loose - it probably will.
As we're aware anyway, the piston may not move to touch but actually works well. They can be just tight.
Could be used as a parade gun.
Or WAS...by Audie Murphy...Quote:
Originally Posted by JimF4M1s
It is worthless, might as well just send it to me, I will dispose of it for you,..... no charge.:thup:
All, thanks for the responses. Don't think that I'll shoot it.
No one has any info about the 1/4" "M" cartouche on the leftside of the pistol grip?
Well, got a flea up my butt.
Cleaned the gun good.
Shot it- 100% function. First shot (as Inland44 said in prior post) broke the piston loose.
The chrome/nickle plated 30rd mag is marked M2 and is commercial.
From what I've read the commercial M2 mags are 60's-80's vintage, so I believe that the carbine was chromed/ nickled about that timeframe- so probably not General Patton's personal weapon :D.
Still, the carbine shot well. 100% function. Its a keeper.
I would really like to see this shiny beast!
Any sign of a small R after the M stamp? Asking because that stock may have been through rebuild at Mt Rainier Depot.
I've also seen the M stamp and only a light impression of the R.
AA can be stamped closely and appear as a M.
A picture would really help. These letters had their own style.
Charlie-Painter777
RE Pix- I would love to, but since photobucket started charging hundreds of dollars for third party posting, anyone have any guidance where to go to post pix?
Thanks,