Last summer I had the opportunity to examine an Inland, s/n 1414xx, that a friend owns. He obtained it from an acquaintance of his some time ago but knows nothing else about it. The first thing I noticed was the early trigger housing pin, I'd never seen one before. Although the type II rear sight is definitely incorrect as well as the hammer both in manufacturer and type, just about everything else about it looks like original early Inland. The bottom of the foreend has carved in it "3rd CARRAN SP" The mag catch is marked "EI" but I don't recall what, if any, markings are on the safety except that it is checkered. The handguard is ty I Inland. I didn't take the trigger assembly apart nor the bolt and slide. The only other carbine I've seen that reminds me of this one is an NPM another friend's Dad brought back from the ETO, it was all correct except it had a late rear sight and the ears on the front sight were cut down. I felt that that NPM might have had the rear sight installed in the field, his Dad had landed at Normandy on D Day ++ and went all the way to Germanyicon.
Any thoughts on this Inland, especially the carvings?


























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