I am new to the forum. I recently purchased an Inland carbine. It has barrel date of 9/44 with no import marks. It is in excellent shape. It does have M2 stock because it has the slot where selector switch would come out. It also has M2 round bolt and magazine stabilizer for 30 round magazines that you would expect M2 to have. The front sight has RIA stamped into it. It also has RRA and BA arsenal rebuild stamps as well as 2 p proof stamps. The magazine release has underlined M. The stock also has a very small SA stamp that can be seen after the forearm wood is removed. My questions are 1. When did M2's first come out? 2. Is there possibility of stock being original to gun since it is M2 style stock? 3. What does underlined M on magazine release stand for? 4. Round bolt arsenal addition? 5. RIA on front sight original or arsenal rebuild addition?
I have not disassembled completely to get codes off of internal parts.
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