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Ok, been trying to teach myself something about these, with the hopes of acquiring one. I am having second thoughts, as I see a lot of guns that are just plain wrong, not carbines but rather cut down...

Repro M1D mounts have a bad reputation. THey do not hold, coming loose all the time. A real USGI mount runs around $250 last time I checked, maybe more now, haven't checked in awhile.

I would say complete M14 bolts with correct parts and little wear are going for $350 +. I have seen some TRW and Winchester ones for over $400 and selling. Used bolts in usable condition without...

They show up from time to time on the CMP forum under Bolt action for sale. I would say a nice 1903-A3 could vary from $500 -900 depending on condition and originality of parts, with Smith Corona...

Chestnut ridge has a nice panel of pictures on their site - M1 Carbine Buttplate Identification

At least that is what they think is correct. I like it, as all the photos are in one place, and I...

That is the rev # on the one in the back of the latest Jan 2014 issue.

Gary Cunningham's book lists TMN as Turner Mfg - Statesville NC. He says "Turner rec'd a contract for 298,691 Bayonets in 1954, believed to be the first contract in the second production period". ...

Poyer says Type 2 stock (high wood - no I cut) at around Serial 400000. Switch to type 3 stock which is low wood around serial 4,900,000. Poyer book is known to have some inaccuracies, so I would...

Sgt - I am not an expert in this area - but herre are a few places to check:
1- go to a site 5madfarmers.com he has a lot of good info posted on Krag Rear sights with good pictures.
2- There...

Yes, apparently it is a true story as to the death of Bugsy- shot to death with an M1 - carbine.
Bugsy Siegel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bob. excellent. Look forward to it. We thank you and the knowledge experts who put together all the great issues for us !!!!

I have 16001

Most Everything on CMP auctions seems to go for very high prices. At least you know it has been checked and is 99.9% legit. I see a lot of Krag's on Gunbroker with asking prices of $1500 and up,...

I think the issue is there were a lot of "1898" Krags which were made long after Dec 31 , 1898 whcih is supposedly the cut off point for antique. So it all comes down to serial numbers, although...

I see War baby shows 10084 stocks sent to Inland from Rock Ola, In Oct 1943. So time line looks close anyway. I have seen a picture however, of stock marked RMC with an I in the sling well....

I have 3796600. It has 12-43 barrel. IBM supposedly stopped marking barrels after Dec 1943.

I have not seen that one. By far the best book on the Carbine is Larry Ruth's "War Baby". Another excellent source of reading is the Carbine Club newsletter collection.

If it is original or correct, then definately so. The early parts are rare, hard to find and expensive if you do. Of course condition means a lot also.

Mobil 1 synthetic wheel bearing grease. Good enough for drive shafts in a Daytona 24 hour race car - good enough for Garand.................

Not sure if this is what you are looking for or not. Found this on the CMP forum regards M84 scope zeroing. I used it when trying to sight in my M84 scope on M1-D.

Adjusting and Zeroing the M84
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Well first off, the standard answer is "it depends" on condition and originality, or correctness. As Bill says, pictures are helpful. The second major item here would be if this is an actual M1C or...

According to CC newsletter, I cut high wood stock ended around serial 294488. Says for this serial it would be an oval cut high wood stock. Sling markings also not as reported in newsletter. IO...

Dick- I am thinking 600-700 is the going rate now a days for a decent shooter carbine (ie mixmaster). Yeah, some guys get some deals on gun broker or such. But if you get one from the CMP members...

Well , hard to say based on the info here. What is the cost? These are both mix master Carbines. The second one with LGKK, means it spent time in Austria also. When ever I hear something like...

Something about this is very fishy, or else, I am confused. Carbine club newsletter on IBM says AO recievers were 3839516 and higher. This one is listed as 3802376. Also, with a serial of...