"Inland" Manufacturing M1 Carbines - 1st hand experience

[Sleeplessnashadow]

Let's see how many are still monitoring this thread.

I had intentionally omitted just how many parts on the Inland I bought are from the same molds and other parts used by Auto-Ordnance the past 10 years. Including their M1A1 stock.

It appears the distributors and some retailers knew this already. Rather than post a pic of my Inland, just look at an Auto Ordnance carbine. Only difference I see is the stock, but not the handguard.

In addition to the .30 carbines it appears Inland has acquired at least two of the 1911's previously made by Auto-Ordnance.

The problems this Inland is having are the same problems the Auto-Ordnance carbines were having. Including a lack of quality control inspection before they ship them to their distributors.

And I'll also let another one out of the bag. Who owns the Inland Manufacturing trademark, and is the assembly and repair facility for Inland, is Chiappa USA in Dayton. The prez of Chiappa USA is the prez of Inland Mfg. It appears Chiappa either bought out Auto-Ordnance carbines or was one of a number of investors in Inland Mfg. I suspect the former. These are being made in the USA, not Italy. Only part I'm not sure on is the stock. The one on mine was not made by Boyds, it appears to be the same stock Chiappa uses on their M1-22's. Again, not certain quite yet on this stock. The stain they used looks like an attempt to mask what's underneath. Aesthetically the stock looks great, until I cleaned the powder residue off with Hoppe's #9 and the finish came off with it.

Jim

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