Where can I find the actual production dates of Carbines per serial number? Anyone know? Is it possible this gun's receiver was held up for rework on some machining descrepancy and so was assembled a few months later on after rework? I know this senerio definitely happened at Colt on 1911-A1's.
It is really easy for me to get an Inland handguard! So that is not the problem. I really don't want to change anything on a gun that just may have come that way from Inland.