My M1 Carbine

[INLAND44]

Hey, man, no sweat! Looks like you got a great shooter that's in good shape. I only have one carbine and it's a rebuild too - nothing wrong with that.

[Tired Retired]

Actually, MOST carbines are shooters - very few are truely collectable. There were 6 million made which underwent intergration of manufacture's parts done at the manufacturers' level, mandatory rebuild programs, field modifications and upgrades, unit "cleaning parties", shipped overseaas to every ally and friendly country we had for over 60 years, and what did not come back to the ARMY (and CMP) was then imported by every gun company that could get a license. The vast majority are mixmasters with individual histories as unique as step-children adopted from an ophanage!

Every owner wants his carbine to be "the one". Some guys swap parts, some guys rebuild, some guys just leave well-enough alone. In the end, you go back to the definition of the word "rare" - highly valued because of its UNCOMMONNESS. That means its not like all the others - i.e. its not a mixmaster or upgraded carbine.

So your carbine falls into the category of a refurbished shooter? So what? GO SHOOT IT!!!! I have one collector and several more shooters. I think I like my shooters more because I can SHOOT them.


Just my two cents because no one asked!

[Mossy]

Thanks guys. I do plan on shooting it a lot. It doesn't change the fun factor at all.