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If you want to shoot it - get Kuhnhausen (you only need Vol. III for the carbine). I got a .30MI carbine cheap, that shot moderately. I also got Kuhnhausen, dismantled the carbine, and went through it "by the book". And won the first competition in which I participated. QED - get Kuhnhausen!
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How about Riesch's book? It has some errors, but is a decent guide for general information.
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I have many of the books mentioned and like them all. For a newbie who wants both tech info including assemble/disassembly, history, "born on" dates and such, I think "The M1
Carbine Owners Guide" by Larry Ruth and Scott Duff is very useful. It has a few discrepancies from what we've learned about M1 carbines since it was printed, but a good book nonetheless. I see Duff sells it on his website for $21.95
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Was going to open a new post till I seen this one. Could use some info on the Craig Riesch's
7 TH Edition. Any better then the 5th Edition . I also have the War Baby very good info also.
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Could use some info on the Craig Riesch's 7 TH Edition. Any better then the 5th Edition .
Can't say. But I have the 6th Edition, and I found it very informative with the tables on "what bits from where were fitted to which rifles and when". No doubt nit-picking collectors will find something to denigrate. But nit-pickers don't write books, and I admire those who do take the trouble to enlighten the rest of us.
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Just in case your were not aware, Larry Ruth will have a new book out soon I was told. John
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Originally Posted by
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Was going to open a new post till I seen this one. Could use some info on the Craig Riesch's
7 TH Edition. Any better then the 5th Edition . I also have the War Baby very good info also.
In my opinion, the 6th is quite an improvement over the 5th edition. I checked out the 7th at a gunshow yesterday and other than a new section on the "Italian" carbines, I couldn't see much difference from the 6th. I don't think that errors in the 6th have been corrected, so didn't buy it. - Bob
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A couple new charts in the 7th, a couple of color pictures, about 10 pages longer, not any drastic changes. Main difference was that it doesn't have the oil and grease smudges in it and it was actually a couple of bucks less than I paid for the 6th edition a year or so ago.
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The gunshow price was $23. I couldn't remember if that was better than on Amazon.com or not. Do you remember what you paid? I'm thinking I only paid about $17 for the 6th edition. Thanks! - Bob
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The gunshow price was $23. I couldn't remember if that was better than on Amazon.com or not. Do you remember what you paid? I'm thinking I only paid about $17 for the 6th edition. Thanks! - Bob
$20.93 including shipping. Now I remember why I paid more for the 6th Edition. I was told or had read somewhere that I should order directly from North Cape because that helped gun people. I had forgotten about that until now.
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