Howdy from Prarie Dog Town

Howdy to the M1 Carbine Forum...
I would like to introduce myself as a newbie to this list, and ask in advance your indulgence of my country ignorance. I really like M1 Carbines, and can truthfully say that I "built" my first one as a callow youth. Growing up, I heard all the adults talking about WWII, and saw the photos and aircraft overhead. Just have had an interest all along. My first "carbine" I built out of wood scraps an old Daisy BB gun stock and a dowel. For use in playing "war" with my neighborhood ruffians. We had a lot of innocent fun back then.
My interest in WWII related stuff has continued unabated into these "adult" years. Now my problem is "lack of focus". But M1 Carbines are one of my primary interests. I am anxious for the knowledge of this group.

Looking Forward to discourse here.

jim

Welcome Jim!
You came to the right place. These guys have the best knowledge anywhere.

Can you post some photos of what you have?

Thanks for the welcome cafdfw....

Here's a couple I've had hidden in the closet for some time.

I was interested in the discussion about IP's not being the rarest, and someone mentioned line-outs. There was some talk about Rock-Ola spring tubes too. Are they that uncommon??

r

Jim, Welcome to the forum! This is a very friendly and knowledgeble group. Just to let you know, this group just "migrated" over from Jouster's CSP site which lasted for 10 years (for several unfortunate reasons that site was shut down). These people here know their carbines! As far as you having carbines in the closet, pull them out and show them off. Everyone here loves looking at pics of sexy looking ... ahhhh, I mean... great looking carbines!

Ed

Jim,

Those are great! Will you post more photos and give some details? We learn from each other here and love to see photos and info of markings etc.

~ Harlan

Nice IBM/AO lineout to NPM. With a little luck, I may be posting some other photos of similar lineouts in the next few days. TJL and I will be getting together and taking pics of our lineouts. It should leave some of you guys drooling......or at least hyperventilating....:yikes::eek:

Jim,

Is that Rock-Ola a springtube? If so I'm envious. More pictures of it please.

JimF (who still needs a Rock-Ola springtube)

Jim,
Your bike picture is pretty small. Is that a sidecar? Year, model?
I ride an Ultra.
JimF

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Originally Posted by JimF4M1s

Jim,
Your bike picture is pretty small. Is that a sidecar? Year, model?
I ride an Ultra.
JimF

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Hey Jim,
I had trouble resizing the avatar to something that could be seen. I'm not sure about how to do all that "stuff".
It is a sidecar, a 1953 Stieb S500 attached to a 1967 BMW R60. I used to be a BMW motorcycle dealer, and still have some of my "projects" lurking in the shop. This particular one is one of my favorites....

Thanks for your interest, Sir

jim

Jim, those Carbines are nice. Thanks for sharing, can we have some more photos?....Frankhttps://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...100_0162-1.jpg