"Inland" Manufacturing M1 Carbines - 1st hand experience

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Walnut stain looked pretty nice. Until I cleaned the powder residue out of the inside with Hoppe's #9 and it also removed the finish. You can see the dark vs light areas where I also used the Hoppe's with a cotton patch. Not sure what stain comes off this easy but aesthetically it looked pretty good beforehand.

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Note wear after first 500-600 rounds of factory ammo

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Note shape of receiver and fit of trigger housing failing to align trigger pin holes.

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Jim