This was my father's M1 in the military. I'm willing to pay twice the fair market value based upon condition.
Vincent Page
Pattison, Texas
vrp@consolidated.net
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This was my father's M1 in the military. I'm willing to pay twice the fair market value based upon condition.
Vincent Page
Pattison, Texas
vrp@consolidated.net
For herloom sake I wish you luck.
But what do you think the odds are of finding it, and someone willing to sell a 6 digit Jan 1943 Inland?
Like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack, good luck with that. Your chances of stumbling upon that particular carbine are like 1 in 6M.
You might consider contacting the Carbine Club to ask whether any report was filed for #122437. If you are lucky and somebody had, and the reporter is still a member, the Club might be convinced to forward your desire and contact info to that member (without providing to you said member's direct contact info of course) who might feel inclined to respond, or not.
I won't know unless I try.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimF4M1s
Excellent suggestion. I'm all over it.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrossedCannons
Garand Collectors Assoc found a M1D at the CMP that was used by a service member in the Koren War. Tony Pucci and staff fixed it up and brought it out to him at his house.
The CMP keeps all Serial Numbers that they have sold on file, which is a small percentage. At one time the charge was $25 for the service.
I'm sure a long shot,
But try using the SEARCH NOTIFICATION options offered by the on line gun auction sites.
Maybe trying Early Inland M1 carbine. You'll get E-mail about new listings and have to sift thru many, but again it may be worth a try.
Be really nice if you can find it, if it's still out there.
Best of luck,
Charlie-painter777
This isn't quite the same thing, but I Googled the s/n of one of mine and found that it had been sold on a CMP auction 3 years earlier. At least that gave me some history of where it had been before I bought it on Gun Broker. I have an Excel spreadsheet of s/n's reported by a few collectors and your Dad's isn't listed. The spreadsheet may have been updated since then, so you could always check the updated file - only problem is I can't remember for sure where I downloaded it. It was probably the CMP Forum, though. Another possibility is, it could be one of the thousands that Korea is wanting to sell, but the US is not allowing in because they want to "keep them off the streets" - Bob
Hmm, how about looking for an Inland - 570013? That was mine while in an artillery unit in the early 1960s. I still have my weapons card for it.
Somewhere I also still have my weapons card for my Winchester Garand, but can't find it so don't know what the ser nr was.
The ser nr on my winchester M14 was 197285.
No idea what the ser nr was on my CAR 15 in RVN.
Sarge
Sorry. Chasing down one S/N is a big enough chore. I can't take on your search as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarge13
I went and looked at my Inland for you... i have 4387XX sorry... not a match
I sincerely wish you the best of luck. By the time I started collecting carbines my Dad was nearly 80, crippled with arthritis and blind. He couldn't remember the manufacture of his issued carbine, let alone the serial number. But he sure was fond of it and his .38 S&W (Victory). He was a Navy Pharmacist's Mate during '43 to the end of WWII, mostly land based in China and the South Pacific. He talked about his carbine, and the 'Springfield' he trained with at Great Lakes, my whole life. Late in his life he told me he never fired his weapon at the enemy once during the whole war. I told him that didn't matter, he did his part well and that I was grateful and very proud of him. Soon now they will all be gone. What a pity. Semper Fi.Quote:
Originally Posted by vincepage
Used to see them cycle through the SF Jungle school in Nha Trang. Great soldiers, the best of the indigenous.