MY Winchester transitional Carbine: It's correct!

[deldriver]

Nice looking Winchester M1 carbine for sure. I really like late Winchesters and have more than one. Other than the stock (my 5.74 Winchester came with the same stock BTW) I would question the flat bolt and maybe the handguard too. The round bolt would have been in use for a few months and the four rivet handguard would most likely been on that carbine too. Of course a lot of things were possible as production went on.

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[imarangemaster]

Another member supplied info from CC newsletter that flat bolts were used to around 5,703,000ish, and Type IV slide to 5,708,000ish, so they seem correct. The stock is probably OK too, since your 5.7 has the same stock. The collective mind will have to decide on the handguard after I post better pictures, I guess. Thanks!

[deldriver]

Another member supplied info from CC newsletter that flat bolts were used to around 5,703,000ish, and Type IV slide to 5,708,000ish, so they seem correct. The stock is probably OK too, since your 5.7 has the same stock. The collective mind will have to decide on the handguard after I post better pictures, I guess. Thanks!

That's great info on the bolt. I am not saying my stock is correct, but it also has not signs of ever having a type one band mark on it either. I have always felt that it came way, but I also know there were other stocks being used then.

[wmmwraghd]

The two rivet hand guard and flat bolt is correct for a 5,70x,xxx. That was in the back edge of the window of those two production changes. There was concurrent usage of those two at the very beginning of the 5.7's Leave it alone.

[imarangemaster]

The two rivet hand guard and flat bolt is correct for a 5,70x,xxx. That was in the back edge of the window of those two production changes. There was concurrent usage of those two at the very beginning of the 5.7's Leave it alone.

Getting grief on a different forum where someone "knowledgeable" swears I could not have a two rivet handguard, (he says they switched to using 4 rivet in 4-44, so it must be wrong!) even though everything else is correct, it is a transitional period, and there are other similar examples exist. Ugh! Heck, I thought I was buying a shooter with a cut off Type III band when it was first described to me, and I was happy with the price then! Oh well, whatever! I value the expert opinions here, much more than the more "commercial" boards.