I'm not the expert but Ruth says the 1,000,000th Inland was 'presented' (not assembled) on December 20, 1943. That sounds like a sure as shootin' hard date of record to me. I have an 890k Inland with a barrel date of 10-43 that I'm pretty sure is original. I think that means my carbine and the 965xxx Inland were probably made in November, or close to it, about 4 months after the subject 7-43 barrel date. I'm not sure of the time period but at some point I recall Inland barrels were predating the probable assembly dates by as much as 4-5 months, which to me makes the 7-43 barrel plausible. I know the estimated production dates vary from reference to reference but I have seen many carbines/barrel dates that support the probable assembly date of my Inland in 11-43. I wish I had had a shot at that carbine. JMHO
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