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A beautiful Carbine. You have the one most collectors are looking for. It looks totally correct to me, although the S'G' trigger does not have a notch on the back side that most supposedly have.

Frank, you said it was still acting up. What is it still doing?

Jim

Smoog, welcome to the forum. Your receiver marked W T A was made by intertype for Underwood and sold to Winchester when Underwood's contract ended. It's considered a rare receiver marking....

Charlie,

Nice find. Your wife has a good eye. It's in good condition and worth $65 IMHO.

Check out Reisch, pages 156-157. It looks like you have a "Holster Assembly, Parachutist", Type II. ...

We Yoopers are proud of the name, even though we may not live there any more.

Charlie, nice to see you back on the forum. I've missed your comments and expertise.

Jim

I think I would stick with the one with the drilled oil hole. Adding an oil hole was evidentially something done at rebuild arsenals.

Jim

Looks like they put a new guy on the milling machine. :lol:

It's been sandblasted and refinished.

Jim

It is possible to remove a bolt without disassembling the carbine. I've done it several times.
Google "M1 Carbine Bolt Removal Without Disassembling the Rifle"

You should be able to get it back...

I agree with Bob. It's definitely new wood. It looks like mahogany or a similar Asian species of wood that may have been used in Korea. It's definitely not walnut.

Jim

Has anyone looked closely at the wood that M2 stock is made of? The grain pattern and rays in the wood look like mahogany to me, not walnut. JMHO

Jim

Charlie,

I was glad to see that the Col. did not receive a purple heart.

Also, he qualified Marksman with the 45, and was "made familiar" with the carbine and Thompson sub machine gun (TSMG)....

Charlie,

I've got a copy of TM9-1276 although it is a newer version dated, Feb. 1953. Thanks for the description.

Jim

Charlie

Your link to "Reference Man" didn't work. What is the name of the reference?

Jim

Nice, I like it. It dates to about 2-44. Looks like a typical arsenal rebuild. Beautiful NPM walnut stock even though it has the usual nicks and dings. Is that a recent accusation?

Jim

Thanks Guys, finally got the pics. Beautiful carbine; quite the find. That's the kind we all hope to come across.

The extractor plunger looks cone shaped to me in one pic.

I use the imgur address and all I get is a message saying that I took a wrong turn.

Roger that Jim. Upon further examination, the LC 52 round is boxer primed, and not a counterfeit. The bullet has a soft lead core and a thin copper plate over a steel jacket.

Is all LC ammo of...

Guys,
I pulled the bullet from a round of LC 52. The copper jacketed steel bullet weighed 106.9 grains and sticks to my magnet like glue. The propellant is very fine ball powder weighing 11.2...

I just checked my LC 52 ammo and it also likes a magnet. No problem shooting it though.

Jim

Charlie,
I've used Blue Loctite on lots of threaded fasteners like scope mounts. It holds screws tight and still allows removal without much effort.
Use Red Loctite if you want your pin...

The flip safety doesn't look appropriate either.

Oh come on now, that beautiful walnut stained birch stock is nicer than the stock on a Ruger 10/22. :lol:

I hope you feel the need again before all your snow melts. Beautiful pics of a great looking M1. I don't know what I am more jealous of; the beautiful rifle or your photographic ability.

The Winchester appears to have a stake mark on the rear sight dovetail suggesting that the T II or III was replaced with a T I.

I like the Inland with the 6 digit SN.