Did Inland make a M2 stock? I saw a guy list one with CC and IO in the sling, he said it's a M1 but in one of the pic it looks to have alittle of a potbelly.
Any help is great
Thanks
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Did Inland make a M2 stock? I saw a guy list one with CC and IO in the sling, he said it's a M1 but in one of the pic it looks to have alittle of a potbelly.
Any help is great
Thanks
Yes, in 1945, both with and without potbelly.
M2. I had an Inland non-potbelly just like it awhile back. It had a repaired crack running forward from the magazine well. If I remember correctly, that was one of the reasons they switched to potbelly.
Looks like a type 4, M2 non-potbelly. Is that what we are to think? Do I win anything?
I want to see the stock's nose area from the top before Bubba gets his boobbie prize! (or is that boobbie trap???)
Ahhh prize? Like my father says- You get a hardy handshake and a atta-boy! Here some more pics-
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...83787849-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...26442279-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...94377677-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...44752900-1.jpg
to me it looks fat in the front, so M2, the guy says it not, wait, bubba? are you the one that bubba-ized my nice ORGINAL Inland stock forcing me to be on the look out for a replacement? If you are -NO PRIZE FOR YOU!!
OK, Now that you went to another site I'll give you the answer you are looking for. After years of research I have the answer. What you have is a type 5 stock M2 that has been sanded down to look more like a type 4 M2 stock. My first answer was without seeing the nose. There is more wood there than a M1 stock would have. Types 1, 2,and 3 are only M1 stocks. Type 4 looks like a type 3 stock but is missing the bridge in front of the triger housing and has a selector cut out. Your stock has that so it is a M2 stock. A type 5, potbelly is a lot thicked in front of the trigger housing I guess to make up strength for not having a bridge. Your stock is missing most of the thickened up area right in front of the trigger housing. So it has been sanded a lot.
I have a tendency to agree - a sanded type 5. The second and third picture shows how it was originally coming off the nose at one angle (original potbelly) and then abruptly changing the angle to become flat. There is also an inconsistant "bump" in the middle of the trigger well and mag well - this is the location where the "potbelly" starts bending down to become fat.
Of course, I fully expect my observations to be discounted and proven wrong.
Where is Painter when you need him????
Frank, are you around?
I agree. If you look at the second picture in the first set of pictures, you can see slight remains of the swell of a potbelly in front of the mag well. A 3 or 4 has a smooth, even taper towards the nose.
I don't think there was an 'M2' stock. The improved stocks were to be used on any Carbine and had the revisions to accomodate the M2. I realize this position is contrary to popular opinion, but that never stopped me before, now did it? :)
I think you are correct in the way you are lookiing at it. The stocks modified for M2 were used on all carbines if needed.
I meant there was no such designation as 'Stock, M-2 Carbine'. In TM 9-1276 for example, Section X, page 124, two stocks are shown - the M1, PN 6544007, and the M1, M2, M3 stock, PN 7161844. The latter could be and was used on all carbines, and the former could only be used on a carbine that had not been converted to M-2 configuration unless it was relieved to accept it. So, while it is convenient to use the term 'M-2 stock' to describe the 7161844 stock, it is not exactly accurate to do so.
Thanks guys for all the info. The reason I ask is, I have a late Inland 6.8 mil range, hand stamp that I bought from an older gentleman who said he had it for a "long,long,long" time. I took it home and broke it down and it appears to be all proper parts. The down side is that he "modified" it for a cheek rest. Which included taking a 3" square cut to the top of the butt, glue/nail a hunk of wood, and then shape it into a hump. This stock is IO marked with p and CC. It was butchered!! I would like to get a nice OE stock to put on it to make it feel nice about itself. I also read here about a flat bottomed M2 style stock as opposed to the potbelly which came later. Would this be a "correct" stock for my carbine?
Thanks again for all the great info
A 6.8 could take either a type 3 or 4. At the time your carbine was built, M-2 parts would have been saved for M-2 carbines. As M-1 parts ran out, M-2 parts would have been used. Find the best looking stock you can find and don't worry as much as the correct type. Accepting a type 3 stock for your carbine will increase your chances of finding a nice stock.
Inland had the best looking M2 stock ever mfg. They were much narrower than the SA M2s you see on a lot carbines. They also had a very deep potbelly. I've saw dark and lite colored ones. They are both GOOD LOOKING stocks. They are marked HI in the sling cut.
Awesome, why would accepting a type 3 stock for your carbine will increase your chances of finding a nice stock? Are the type 3's more plentiful or less "desirable"?
I think Bubba7 meant that if you look for a stock in nice condition and not limit your search to one type you'd have a larger range to choose from.
'Thanks guys for all the info. The reason I ask is, I have a late Inland 6.8 mil range, hand stamp that I bought from an older gentleman who said he had it for a "long,long,long" time. I took it home and broke it down and it appears to be all proper parts. The down side is that he "modified" it for a cheek rest. Which included taking a 3" square cut to the top of the butt, glue/nail a hunk of wood, and then shape it into a hump. This stock is IO marked with p and CC. It was butchered!! I would like to get a nice OE stock to put on it to make it feel nice about itself. I also read here about a flat bottomed M2 style stock as opposed to the potbelly which came later. Would this be a "correct" stock for my carbine?
Thanks again for all the great info '
Man, that is a shame they messed up the original stock. Good luck in your search.