Help re SP cartouche

[painter777]

I hope that CC is real....... because that is one beautiful carbine.
Did notice the op slide stop pin is parked, but i sure wouldn't throw it away over that.

When you get a chance could you give us a parts breakdown?
maybe a few more pics like the frt sight, barrel marking, rear flip etc.

Thanks for sharing it with us !

Charlie-painter777

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[Hambone]

I remember a collector friend who has been collecting carbines for 40 years laughingly lamented to me how he had made "correct" carbines that the Ruth book said were already correct. That is, original carbines were a$$ed up being made "original". I'm not a US collector, but it seems to me that there is an awful lot of misinformation masquerading as "textbook correct" information in books and such. Just as soon as I swapped this stock or the pin out, another book would hit the shelves or "conventional wisdom" would change. So, Lynn Lugar had it for many years like this, and I will too I reckon.

[Harry aka Cowboy]

I have a similar cartouche on a S-HB stock and handguard combo that look new on a similar barely used Inland 290XXX that I picked up 17 years ago off a kid who said it was his grandfathers from ww 2. The only non-inland parts are the rear sight which was loose and the stock set. see pics below. the barrel on this carbine gages less then one on TE and muzzle is virtually new its dated 5-43. Not sure if this helps but the cartouche sure looks similar.

[Rob13]

Always remember this: If you just have to change out a part on a carbine or anything old and collectable is this, save the part that you changed out, because you may later find out it was correct. A friend who collects old telephones told me he had did this and later found the old parts were correct, but he had got rid of the correct parts he took off the phone.