Late War Inland Carbine - from Philippines?

[jjspearson]

I recently purchased an M1 Carbine from Royal Tiger. It is an Inland serial number 6,908,236 with an Inland barrel dated 2/45. So it is a late war Inland Carbine, likely completed in February/March, 1945. It appears to be all correct as it left the factory. There is no indication that it was re-arsenaled. It does have the Inter-Ordinance import mark on the bottom of the barrel. It is supposedly part of the batch of WWII rifles re-imported from Ethiopia. However, it has some distinctive carving on the stock, indicating that it went from manufacture to the Philippines. It was probably provided by the US Military to Philippino Guerillas during the final push to defeat the Japanese. The carving indicates that it was used in a Southern Province of Luzon, specifically Camarines Sur, on the island of Luzon and within Region V-Bicol Region in Southern Luzon. Antipolo is a barangay in the municipality of Nabua, in the province of Camarines Sur. I have no idea how it got from the Philippines to Ethiopia after the war, but that appears to be the case. In any case I believe it is an all correct as issued late war M1 Carbine by Inland. I have posted pictures of the stock after I cleaned it up, which show the carving pretty clearly. I would be interested in your comments and/or conclusions regarding this gun.

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