Quote Originally Posted by cali201 View Post
the only thing that makes an M1A1icon is the stock, not the carbine. You can take a perfetly honest Inland, real deal from a regular stock and drop it in a M1A1 and poof!!---a real M1A1! So you really buy the stock, not the carbine...IMO
Having an actual M1A1 and observing 3 others vs the amounts of fakes or drop in's. I disagree there are certain wear characteristics that a M1A1 receives when in a paratrooper stock for a long time. These wear characteristics would not be on a regular inland dropped into a M1A1 stock. I can take some pics to elaborate. I'd likely just be showing the fakers and humpers how they can make their rifles more convincing but there are definite wear features to look for.