Sentryduty's M1 Carbine

[M94/14]

Having messed around with these a fair bit over the years, what I see looks just fine as far the metal work is concerned. You have a typical post war mix and match refurb that looks to be in good condition with just finish wear.

Yours is equipped with the milled adjustable rear sight and late production barrel band with bayonet lug. Both of these are best for a "Shooter Carbine".

The only major issue is that stock. Its structural integrity has been compromised to the point where all the glue and pins in the world won't save it. For a decent shooter, the stock needs to be solid and free of cracks from the recoil lug forward to the barrel band saddle. If it shoots really well with that stock, then take it as a sign and buy a lottery ticket...

Stocks are hard to come by, but I think I may have a temporary solution until you can find a GI stock. I know a guy with a stock duplicator, and he produces a semi finished product that shouldn't take too much work to finish. I'm in Edmonton myself, so Just shoot me a PM, and I could include my email address etc. and we could go from there.

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[Sentryduty]

Stocks are hard to come by, but I think I may have a temporary solution until you can find a GI stock.

I spent some time looking at the very same question last evening and planned to ask for suggestions. Also note, I have no real interest in keeping with a side folder, unless there is some evidence that this carbine rolled out of the factory as a M1A1. Folding stocks in my experience, are useful for storage/portability, look very cool, but are not very good for shooting ergonomics and accuracy.

If I needed a stock today here are my options, everyone feel free to weigh in on each or suggest alternatives:

Ebay: There are a few relic condition stocks GI stocks without hardware on ebay with sellers that will ship to Canada, but they are about $25-50 CDN but have cracks/chips and are a hard luck lot.

Numrich: Their policy seems to allow shipment of these items, and they have new-repro stocks at the $150 USD price point, but does anyone have experience with these, are they good?

Numrich 2: They have ex-Italian issue stocks cheaper price point than the new-repros.

Numrich 3: They have a paratrooper repro stock, probably the exact same one I have now, slightly more money than the basic M1 repro.

Chiappa: Their Beech M1-22 carbine stocks are nice enough, I would prefer a GI walnut though, apparently they are interchangeable with the USGI guns. I have one I could test fit, and if it worked, I could order one as a replacement then, ditch the plastic recoil plate and metric hardware.

Thoughts from the audience?

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A friend of mine was worried about his barrel being shot out back in the '70s

That is a good data point, I will have to fling some rounds and if they don't keyhole, all should be good.

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I have 999760

We are surprisingly close in production numbers.