ISO: M1 Carbine SN 4262636

[iRideGSXR1k]

Hello, as the title states I’m looking for a very specific Carbine. It was my grandfathers, who passed it to his son upon death, who sold it to make a quick buck back in the mid 90’s (I was born in 90). From what I can tell, it should be a National Postal Meter?

This is just coming from my mother giving me a shoebox of my grandfathers things, in which was the original receipt and military shipping form 1149 from when he bought the rifle in 1967. I would be willing to pay slightly above retail to bring it home if the owner was open to selling it. I originally posted this on Reddit, and am waiting for my CMP account to get approved so I can post it there as well. Any shares, tips, or help is appreciated!

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[iRideGSXR1k]

Good evening all, I spoke with my mother today who confirmed that her brother sold the rifle in Cary, North Carolina in the mid 90’s. I’d appreciate any leads!

[painter777]

Welcome Ryan,
Glad to see you made it over.
A 4262636 would be a NPM, May be a U stamp, which would be a sub contract made receiver for NPM made by US&S - Union Switch and Signal but I'm not positive and no lists near by at the moment.
You might want to try the Carbine Collectors Club forum. They might be able to look it up and see if anyone ever turned in a Data Sheet on it (as I described on the other forum).
Keep searching, the current owner may try a search of their serial number one day and come across you posting about looking for it. Like I just did and pulled up many results showing where you've posted inquiries about it. I don't do Facebook but I've heard of groups that are in to Milsurps. Try anything you can think of. World can be smaller than you think at times.

Carbine Collectors Forum Link: The Carbine Collector's Club

Here's a current topic there I posted about Mis-stamps on NPM's near your range:
Mis Stamped NPM Receiver ? - The Carbine Collector's Club

Good Luck,
Charlie-Painter777

[iRideGSXR1k]

Welcome Ryan,
Glad to see you made it over.
A 4262636 would be a NPM, May be a U stamp, which would be a sub contract made receiver for NPM made by US&S - Union Switch and Signal but I'm not positive and no lists near by at the moment.
You might want to try the Carbine Collectors Club forum. They might be able to look it up and see if anyone ever turned in a Data Sheet on it (as I described on the other forum).
Keep searching, the current owner may try a search of their serial number one day and come across you posting about looking for it. Like I just did and pulled up many results showing where you've posted inquiries about it. I don't do Facebook but I've heard of groups that are in to Milsurps. Try anything you can think of. World can be smaller than you think at times.

Carbine Collectors Forum Link: The Carbine Collector's Club

Here's a current topic there I posted about Mis-stamps on NPM's near your range:
Mis Stamped NPM Receiver ? - The Carbine Collector's Club

Good Luck,
Charlie-Painter777

I will explore that route next! Thanks again for your help, Charlie!

[DaveHH]

This carbine will probably have an IBM Corp barrel as it was very late. I have a 425xxxxx NPM.

[W5USMC]

I have a 425xxxxx NPM

That is a really late serial.

[browningautorifle]

I have a 425xxxxx

How many "X" did you mean to put in there Dave?

[DaveHH]

I can't count.... He got the idea.
It was built around Oct of 44...6 months after NPM stopped production and CC took over the business.

[tenOC]

I remember that story of Stringbean hiding money somewhere in the house that the killer didn't get. Didn't a subsequent owner find it in the chimney or something?

[DaveHH]

My Grandfather GC from W.V. was straight out of Hatfields and McCoys. He was smart and got started in the life insurance business when it first came out. He built his clientele on the black folks around Bluefield, Uniontown PA and Huntington. He would personally make the rounds and collect the few cents that his customers owed. After a few years he was prosperous enough to own a brick house in Bluefield where my father was born. By the 20s he was a well to do young man with a wife and three sons. Then he decided to invest in real estate in Tampa Florida. He owned several large furnished apartment houses and drove a Pierce Arrow Limousine. When the '29 crash hit he lost everything but the car. We have a photo of them driving that Limo out from Florida to Long Beach. They are standing alongside the car all wearing really nice expensive coats and hats. As my other grandmother used to say, "They didn't have a pot to pi$$ in or a window to throw it out of." On my mother's side were the Hacketts from Ark and the Bruces from Vermont. War heroes, navy heroes (Lt. Frank Bruce, capt of the minesweeper Bobolink) and my great grandfather TP Hackett being a Deputy US Marshall in Indian Territory. His father was Jeremiah Hackett a Major in Federal Cavalry. A Yankee.