In Case You Forgot Why We Love The Carbine

[INLAND44]

I don't pay any attention to my M1C anymore and I have been going through a period of sudden interest in .22 rifles and pistols. Plus I have also been taking my ARs and AK to the range, so I have been handling all kinds of long guns. Anyway, for some reason I got out my Carbine the other day, put it up to my shoulder and sighted on the mailbox. Wow. It felt so compact, light and just fit so well - I realized right then that I was most likely not going to dispose of it anytime soon and that if I did, I would really miss it. I have no plans to use it no matter what happens but I did have a case of HP ammo made for it 25 years ago (nickel brass/110gr jacketed HP bullet, Speer #1835) that functions fine in it. Whatever, this carbine is nothing to write home about, just a rebuild with late parts, but I guess its like an old mutt that you keep around.
Its easy to see why anyone that could get a carbine in WWII was crazy about it. Sure, just as many favored the rifle but the carbine was so much easier to live with day by day for those who didn't need the power of the rifle.
Now, with the popularity of the pistol-caliber carbine (PCC), the .30 Carbine round could possibly enjoy a new popularity if the platforms for using it existed. I've always liked the idea of an AR in the caliber and Olympic made a few. Still, no platform would have the feel of the original which is something unique in the world.

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