M1 Carbine- Inland.. WOW! Thoughts?

[Spaxspore]

Just acquired this inland from a family member who has just passed .

It has been sitting in his safe for 30+ years, it had a insane layer of dust on it.

I broke it down, cleaned it and wow! No wear at all, all early features, everything appears to be marked Inland .

Handguard is IO, as is stock. World war 2 era sling, the magazine is still sealed in USGI brown paper. The sight looks like its never been moved, has S. No import marked, came out of Dayton Ohio where this carbine was made Don't know if it was smuggled out of the factory down town (10min away), who knows. .(more tongue and cheek than anything ) Carbine is dated 6-1943, reciever is in the 600XXX block.


Bore is mirror, crown is perfect, stock is wow.!... It had a tiny bit of light surface rust on the barrel, but caught it in time and a little oil and light steel wool cured it

Got crazy more stuff to show but wanted you thoughts first on this.




Hammer- Inland (HI)




Trigger Assembly- INLAND




Trigger RI- Inland




SLide-PI (inland?)




Flat Bolt (early) Inland





Receiver 600,000 series



Rear of the receiver, recoil is marked WI (inland)




more pics .. they suck but its dark .. this thing is beautiful. The barrel band is inland as well.


Stock, IO marked





Havnt looked up this meaning yet Maybe you guys know?








Shows the age of the wood..




IO handgaurd





The old girl in dry dock...




Crap Light.. but it shows her off

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