M1 Carbine in an intermediate caliber

[eb in oregon]

If people had difficulties in using a pistol but a light carbine would enable them better marksmanship, yes it was designed to replace the pistol. If people had pistols before but were then given carbines it was to replace the pistol. That some people think different seems to fly in the face of reality. We're talking the old "po-ta-to" "po-tah-to" argument here.