how often do these come up ? GB

[phillydude]

M1 Carbine RARE- Inland cut away trainer : Curios and Relics at GunBroker.com

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[jls77]

I would be skeptical of that one. The seller is George of Riverbank Armory - Known for his Repros & Dare I say Fakes.
Also notice he says it will be featured in a new book. If they are supplying info for a book it's going to be full of disinformation.

JLS

[Curt]

Well if memory serves There was actually a guy here who used to set up at the OGCA shows who made these cut-aways I believe he had all kinds of diffrent rifles and pistols set up and for sale, looks a little like his handy work I remember he always accented everything with red paint.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Could this be the guy?

http://www.gunsworld.com/cut/U_S_%20...0Cut-a-way.htm

[phillydude]

here is something on epay, looks to be an early one too

Sniperscope M2 Infrared for the M1 Carbine - eBay (item 350288073049 end time Dec-13-09 17:58:19 PST)

[browningautorifle]

The thing about the first cutaway is the cartridge. The ones I've seen have an extractor. No cutaway cartridge. That way we were able to demonstrate feeding from the mag with dummy cartridges. That part looks like window dressing to me.

[Tired Retired]

Guys, if the barrel is marked 1/44, why does it have a type III sight? What about the late slide?

[imarangemaster]

I was wondering that too. The few originals I have seen have been early features. The only late feature one I saw was an M2 cutaway. Maybe it is a shot out Blue Sky converted to cut away.

[Bruce McAskill]

Guys, if the barrel is marked 1/44, why does it have a type III sight? What about the late slide?

Come on guys. Can't you see that it's a rebuild done post WW2 or is that post Riverbank??????

[Tired Retired]

Come on guys. Can't you see that it's a rebuild done post WW2 or is that post Riverbank??????

Bruce you missed the sarcastic tone of my typing...

Yea, it is very obvious as to its "post-war" construction.... remember, "There were only a few of these made. Complete your collection before someone else beats you out of this!"

I actually don't know what part of this whole thing is more obsurd... a training model with a serial number... too cheap to add an extractor.... an Inland with an Underwood replacement barrel.... the give-away plum-colored trigger housing from an Austrian.... or the cartridge cut away...

But I will give him one thing - absolutely everything that he typed in the description is TRUE and accurate.... its is rare and only a few were made (by him)... "A great deal of machining was required to produce this cut away model." is also true.... and I am sure it will be in the "new" book that he writes to correct everyone else's incorrect information and research....

Hey, maybe I should write abook about how the earth is really flat and everyone else got it wrong - I can even sale a flat-earth map that will be featured in my new book!!!!!!!