Springfield Armory Inc. M1 Carbine

[gunny33]

I recently acquired an M1 Carbine and the receiver is made by SA Inc., of IL. Does anyone have information about these receivers? The piece has all GI parts and an Italian "FAT" stock.

Thanks,

Bill

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[imarangemaster]

Someone put the FAT stock on it, as SA carbines are commercial (with cast receivers instead of forged), and I doubt that it would have come back from Italy with CMP weapons. There is a good thread with some links on the CMP forum, if I recall. I have seen a few, and they were excellent weapons and good shooters. The ones I saw had military parts with SA wood and barrels.

BTW, from what I have seen, they are the best of the non-military, commercial carbines.

[painter777]

Springfield Armory, Inc.


HTH
Charlie-painter777

[Maniac]

FYI gunny33, there's a fellow over on the CMP boards who is looking to buy an SA Inc M1 Carbine, I believe his name is "mr wilmot"

[imarangemaster]

link to thread on CMP carbine.

postwar springfield m1 carbine - CMP Forums

[userids]

nice carbine gunny, but did springfield ever produce a complete one? or just the receivers?

[gunny33]

The research I have done indicates that they may have assembled a few but the majority of receivers were stand alone when they left SA Inc. I am preety sure that this one was assembled outside the factory.

[jimb16]

SA (commercial) did produce a limited run of complete carbines, but I believe they used GI parts. SA (Military) produced just about every part except the receiver.

[userids]

is the sight on this carbine pined?

[Faulkner]

I bought several Springfield, Inc., receivers around 2000 and built up complete carbines using them. I found the receivers to be top notch and gathering the parts for assembly was a lot of fun and very educational. Except for the receiver, all the parts and components are USGI, mostly old/new stock items.

Here's a picture of the last one I finished up a year or so back.