**PICS** of my first Underwood M1 Carbine

**jjjxlr8** · 07-22-2015 09:32 PM

Picked this up along with an Inland recently. Both rifles had been in storage for over 30 years.

I don't think this one has ever been fired as it has none of the typical wear on the sliding surfaces. I suspect that it must have been re-finished but the parkerizing on the barrel and receiver have that original greenish gray look.

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**browningautorifle** · 07-22-2015 09:51 PM

Real nice lookin' carbine...

**jjjxlr8** · 07-22-2015 10:45 PM

Thanks. Do you think the receiver and barrel have been re-finished? Is there any good way to tell for sure? I can't imagine that this wouldn't have been used since 1944.

**browningautorifle** · 07-22-2015 11:32 PM

Well, the one thing I can say for sure is the color all matches perfectly...and that's unusual. Normally the parts vary a bit. There's NO wear on a couple of spots that should show and I've done bags of these to look just like this one. This one was probably bought surplus and re- parked and put away. Nothing magic, just nice and clean now. Useable for the next 70 years.

**USGI** · 07-23-2015 01:06 AM

The punch mark (firing proof) on top of the receiver, and right behind the bolt, usually would be bright and not "parked" over on an original finish gun. Very nice carbine you have there! - Bob

**martin08** · 07-23-2015 07:36 AM

Very nice, indeed. Agreed on the refinish.

Compare the crispness of the receiver markings on an original finish.

**imarangemaster** · 07-23-2015 10:16 AM

Really nice carbine! I love the walnut pot belly stock!

**browningautorifle** · 07-23-2015 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by imarangemaster

walnut pot belly

Yes, not a birch, that's a bit unusual.

**jjjxlr8** · 07-23-2015 06:32 PM

More photos...

**USGI** · 07-23-2015 08:51 PM

The hammer is an IBM. - Bob

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