"Inland" Manufacturing M1 Carbines - 1st hand experience

[Sleeplessnashadow]

Two Months to send a you replacement for an badly defective weapon, even though they are dumping them into the market in the meantime????????

I'm not certain they have been assembling and selling them the entire two months. Some of what's out there for sale was there already. Since we don't know their production capabilities it's hard to tell what's from when. However, American Western Outfitters is the president of Inland, Ron Norton, and they've had them available.

I'm still not ready to declare what they make as all being problematic. I'll see if and when the carbine shows up and what's different if anything. But I want to see others with serial numbers higher than the one I receive as mine is supposedly the "corrected" version. Them knowing it will be used for my website I wouldn't be surprised if it's a marketing version.

Wish I had more time to devote to them but the Carbine Club changes and website are a priority at the moment. I do have a new piece of information rea Inland that I need to investigate and see if it's true. May take a month but it's worth the follow up.

Given the price and what people have been encountering my recommendation for now is look elsewhere. Wait for a fairly frequent holiday sale at Fulton Armory and buy their barreled receiver. It includes the front sight, barrel band, gas fixins, bolt group and has been headspaced. On sale they're about $640. No other current production carbine comes close to the quality Fulton turns out. All you'll need is a rear sight, trigger group and wood. Should work out to be about the price Inland is going for.

http://www.fulton-armory.com/m1-carb...d-actions.aspx

Inland needs to prove their carbines reliable and worth the price they are selling for. Given the problems I've encountered with them and see others having I've been pretty nice in hopes they can improve. But until they have proven themselves I can't recommend them.

As I develop additional info I'll share it here. Two months is too long but if that's what it took to get the job done, it's worth the wait.

Jim