Late Uncles Inland M1 Carbine. Still teaching my boys.

[KneverKnew]

Looks good! Is the rear sight still set for 200 or 250 yds ? I have an older brother who has shot quite a bit of corrosive Chinese ammo through his Inland with no problems, but has been used to shooting WWII GI 30-06 in his Springfields since the mid 50's - also spent 20 yrs in the Army. I agree with Wayne about the gas system concerns on the carbines and that the French stuff would be a "no-no". - Bob

The site was set to 100. I tried shooting first at the lowest setting which is all the way down just below the 100 but it kept popping back up to the 100 every time I shot. Even at 50 yards the 100 sites was giving me Impact 2 low or so from point of aim.

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So the fridge corrosive ammo should be fine to shoot as long as I do a thorough proper cleaning of the bore and gas system?

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[painter777]

So the fridge corrosive ammo should be fine to shoot as long as I do a thorough proper cleaning of the bore and gas system?

'Fridge-French' (?)

There's a War Department Basic Field Manual for the M1 Carbine dated May 20, 1942. FM23_7 that shows a Trigger housing with parts that were never used like a Hammer stop and Grooved rear Trigger housing lug. Anyway in one section on cleaning the barrel they go thru the steps of using water. I've often thought this might have been incase the use of Corrosive Ammo was used, even thou it's not mentioned. IIRC it's the only Carbine Field Manual I've seen that mentions water for the bore, it is the earliest. The steps when you read them would have no other explanation on why to use water. I'll copy/paste part of that section:

From FM23_7 https://photos.imageevent.com/badger...237/FM23-7.pdf

under CARE AND CLEANING scroll down to 15 AFTER FIRING:
The bores of all carbines must be thoroughly cleaned by the evening of the day on which they are fired. They should be cleaned in the same manner for the
next three days. CAUTION: Under no circumstances will
metal fouling solution be used in the carbine.
a. Cleaning immediately after firing, or as soon as possible.-For this purpose water must be used; warm water is
good, but warm, soapy water is better. Hold the carbine
bottom side up, so that no water will enter the gas port.
Run several wet patches through the bore. Remove the
patch section from the cleaning rod, substitute the brush,
and work this back and forth through the bore several times.
Care should be used to see that the brush goes all the way
through the bore before the direction is reversed. Detach
the brush and run several wet patches through the bore,
removing them from the breech end. Follow this with dry
patches until the patches come out clean and dry. Saturate
a patch in light preservative lubricating oil and push it
through the bore, holding the rifle, top side up, so that some
of the oil will flow into the gas port. CAUTION: In cleaning
the bore, be careful not to foul the cleaning patch in the
gas port. b. Complete cleaning.-This cleaning should be done as soon
as possible after that described in a above. If the carbine
is to be fired the next day proceed as in paragraph 14. If
the carbine is not to be fired in the next few days repeat procedure in a above for 3 days.