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Who should have built carbines that did not?
If there where a few more manufactures of WWII carbines who would you like it to have been? What would be interesting to see on a M1
Carbine and who could have built them well? I was thinking:
1) GE- Oh yea!
2) Starrett- they should be able to build a top quality carbine!
3) Briggs and Stratton- Not sure what they did during the war, but they are an iconic US company that would be great to see on a carbine.
And my last, but favorite gun manufacture Colt. It would be super cool to get a Colt M1 Carbine!
Bob
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I believe that these manufactures were too busy to even think about building carbines!
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If there where a few more manufactures of WWII carbines who would you like it to have been? What would be interesting to see on a
M1![icon](autolinker/images/link6.gif)
Carbine and who could have built them well? I was thinking:
1) GE- Oh yea!
2) Starrett- they should be able to build a top quality carbine!
3) Briggs and Stratton- Not sure what they did during the war, but they are an iconic US company that would be great to see on a carbine.
And my last, but favorite gun manufacture Colt. It would be super cool to get a Colt M1 Carbine!
Bob
I was wondering why the TORRINGTON Bearing company in Conn. Wasn't involved in the M1 Carbine production.
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I was wondering why the TORRINGTON Bearing company in Conn. Wasn't involved in the
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Carbine production.
I believe Torrington did supply pins for sights, etc. - Bob
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I would bet that any company making caged needle bearings had all the work they could handle.
I have always been surprised that Marlin, H&R and Westinghouse were not included. Savage was making Sub machine guns. Westinghouse was probably making castings for aircraft engines. Kelvinator built radial engines for B17s. Westinghouse was already a proven gun maker from WW1.
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Savage was making Sub machine guns.
Savage also had No.4 rifle production underway as well, so I imagine they were quite tapped.
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I believe Torrington did supply pins for sights, etc. - Bob
I was just talking with someone about that last week.
I did a lot of electric work for the Torrington Co over the years.
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Ithaca. High Standard. Colt. Remington. John Deere. The list could be almost infinite.
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Especially since I started on the original Culver forum. That had to be about 1998.
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Ithaca. High Standard. Colt. Remington. John Deere. The list could be almost infinite.
Lottsa reasons behind the selection of producers....
Agricultural Machinery during the 1940s
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have always been surprised that Marlin, H&R and Westinghouse were not included
Marlin did make barrels for the M1
Carbine -- for National Postal Meter IIRC.