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For what it's worth, I had a late Inland that had two neatly placed round punch marks. By it's almost new condition, I'm almost sure it never left the States, and I'm sure it never saw any combat. I don't think any of these late carbines made it to WWII in time to see combat, but it's just my opinion.
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Very nice example Harlan. If I were to take a carbine into battle, it would be one of the late examples with all of the upgrades or even a nice rebuild. The factory installed adjustable sight was staked more neatly than some of the bomb crater punch marks of the rebuilds. Regarding original flip sighted carbines, I've shot some that their sights were nicely regulated and others that were not, though OK for close in combat accuracy. No question the adjustable was more desirable from a user standpoint, and many flips were replaced in the field depending on availability. The M1 Garand however, has the best adjustable sight ever designed IMHO.
Just to show my ignorance...since neither of the books I have on carbines gives a time frame [they give production dates of when the sights began to be put on production models]...does anyone know when the first adjustable sights began appearing in either the ETO or PTO?
Thanks in advance.
My Dad had a transitional Inland (Type II band and Type II sight) on Iwo Jima in early 1945. I have also seen pics of Okinawa and Iwo after the invasion with Type III bands).