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    Inland at work...

    Since the S-P has a new home, and the M4gery is also for sale, I decided to dress the original, un-messed with Inland in her "work clothes" and take her to work with me. The original cartouched stock and handguard are safely in the safe, as is the flat bolt, push safety, and early mag catch. The potbelly came from Bill Hollinger awhile ago, and the Bandspring from Hercules Powder, I had the recoil plate and the buttplate and screw. The four rivit handguard came from another forum member, but in a senior moment, I can't remember who (please shout out so you get credit).

    I am using my spare round bolt assembly (better feeding and hate to crack the original flat one), using a late flip safety, and an M2 magazine catch to accommodate the 30 rounders. The 30 rounders mags are "J" and OKay Vietnam era.





    I also tried making my Colt SP1/602 clone Kalifornia "featureless", but not entirely happy with the handling, so will probably use the Inland for awhile until I sort out the AR.
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    Bernie, Nice looking change over. It should serve you well. John

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    Interesting you chose a T1 band instead of a T2. Nice.

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    It has the original Type I band it left the factory with on it. The Inland is an all original 11-43 as it left the factory, from the estate of a WWII combat vet (his estate to me). No provenance other than the family saying he had always had it. I put the original stock, handguard, bolt, safety, and mag catch in the safe and put it in this "shooter" set-up on it to lessen wear on the original stuff.

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    Well, as we know, it'll get the job done nicely. Probably won't miss a beat either.
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    The Type II band was devised because the Type I band tended to come loose and let the carbine fall apart during combat.

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