Question On Mixmaster Carbine

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I bought my first M1 Carbine a few months ago - drove up to the North Store and picked it out. Glad I finally did it, as I've wanted a Carbine for as long as I can remember, and I guess I waited almost too long, as now they're all gone!

Anyway, it's an Inland #9363xx with an Underwood 2-44 barrel, a Rock-Ola fabricated trigger housing and Rock-Ola slide. It has an IRCO stamped adjustable rear sight, what I think is a cast replacement front sight, a front band with the bayonet lug, a Winchester flat bolt, an M2 mag catch, a swivel safety catch, and a Jewell Brothers wartime replacement stock.







The barrel guages at about a 2 to 2.5 (using the ol' M2 ball guage), and with the rear sight centered and set to '1', she shoots right to point of aim - even using that crummy Aquila ammo.

I know these rifles were rebuilt after the war, and possibly repaired as necessary during the war. This accounts for the mix of parts. My question concerns the barrel.

What is the likely scenario that accounts for a 2-44 Underwood barrel being hung on an Inland receiver? I read that Underwood had a contract to overhaul rifles after the war, but would there have been a 2-44 barrel just laying around by that time? Do you think that perhaps at the termination of Underwood's wartime production contract any unused barrels could have been shipped to manufacturers that were still building rifles - i.e. Winchester and Inland?

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