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09-01-2010 08:14 AM
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Joe, welcome to the forum. You will get a wealth of info on your "jukebox" carbine here. We need pictures and details!! Looking forward to those items.....Frank
P.S. love your avatar, pretty sure I met her somewere
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In my opinion Larry Ruth's "War Baby" is the best book on the M1 carbine. Runs about $55/$65. Everyone has their own personal favorite.
Your avatar would have been a great bomber nose art.
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If you can get the set of" War Baby" and "War Baby comes Home"
Get both as the second volume has some added material that may be of interest. The thing that sells War Baby is that it is a great story of how American industry stepped up and did what had to be done. You can just pick it up and start anywhere and it is a great read. Absolutely worth whatever you have to pay to get it. I have Reische's book, but don't know where it is, read it once and that's it. I read War Baby every week.
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I like Bruce Canfield's books as well. Not nearly as deep as War Baby, but still a good reference.
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The books I would recommend are "War Baby" of course, Riesch's "M1 carbines, wartime production" and Ruth and Duffs "The M1 Carbine"(primarily for manufacture dates).
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war baby deals mostly the design and developement of the carbine, its info is very vague but it is a MUST have if your going to be serious. also, there was a rumor about a year ago about war baby 3 coming out, i heard on another board that it is going to be a pocket sized in depth book like j c harrisons, which isnt too bad if you know which mistakes to correct, it also has nice charts on stock stampings.,also craig reich's is also nice
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Thanks for the replies, guys! Pictures coming soon.
The avatar is Charisma Carpenter of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" & "Angel" fame. This photo is probably the best work she's done...
What's the opinion of the J.C. Harrison book? I have that one, but I heard a couple bad things about it.
"War Baby" is next on the list.
Joe