Question re: M2 Carbine

[sniper188]

Get your handy dandy Dremal tool and grind off the 2. Then buy a medal stamp with a "1" on it and restamp the receiver. Then you have a M1. No one ever kept track of the M2 s/n's anyway. I have a late Inland that has a hand stamped M1. They ran the M1 & M2's on the same line and stamped a 1 or 2
depending what they were making. The receivers are exactly the same. What makes a M2 is the disconnecter and a few other parts.

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[Tired Retired]

Get your handy dandy Dremal tool ...

No one ever kept track of the M2 s/n's anyway. ...

There are a couple of very successful methods used to reconstruct "destroyed" serial numbers on crime scene weapons - grinding won't do it unless you go WAY down into the metal and then its obvious what you have done....

I wouldn't be so sure about the s/n records. Just because 99.9% of us don't have them handy, don't assume they don't exist, especially in some places like the national archieves or, say, certain collector's records.... if the "ole' farts" got a list, I am sure ATF could get a list...

Oh, and speaking of hiding crimes, I can never seem to get all that ink from the dye packs off the bills in the bank bags full of money, either... anyone got any suggestions???

[Jet Fixer]

Get your handy dandy Dremal tool and grind off the 2. Then buy a medal stamp with a "1" on it and restamp the receiver. Then you have a M1. No one ever kept track of the M2 s/n's anyway. I have a late Inland that has a hand stamped M1. They ran the M1 & M2's on the same line and stamped a 1 or 2
depending what they were making. The receivers are exactly the same. What makes a M2 is the disconnecter and a few other parts.

Can't do that. Altered receiver markings are just as bad.