What kind of m1 carbine is this?

[Bob Loughlin]

I agree with wtmr on the M1 stamp. Looks more like a bobba atempt to change the number. If the ser. no. is in the 7,000,000 range, that would most have been a 2.

[wallyss]

Inland built M1's I think 'till the end of the war. Also a lot of receivers were made U.S Carbine Cal .30 M, with the 1 or 2 being applied with a hand-stamp. I have a 6.89 mil with a hand stamped 1, brl 2-45. The serials were the same for m1 and m2, just the one or 2 makes it the machine gun if the selector stuff is missing. Of course M2 were mainly made in April and May of 45. All info from war baby! by Larry Ruth

[frankderrico]

I completly missed the first # in the serial. I thought it was a 6 diget. Now I see the seventh, but is it a 7?.....Frank

[shadycon]

Give it a good cleaning and inventory what you have.You should be able to make a nice carbine out of it.

[painter777]

I agree with wtmr.

[INLAND44]

I would be afraid of the M1 stamp on top of receiver looks like a 7xxxxxx gun and with a 4-45 serial could be suspect 2 as it looks wide

Looks like a typical hand-stamp to me, but the picture is not good and the '1' is right in the middle of a rust spot. Since we know it's a 7 mil, it's possible that except for the chrome, the carbine is mostly original. By the way, it's easy for a plater to remove the plating. Then the parts could be refinished to original color.

[Bruce McAskill]

I think it's an M1 but it has been through at least one rebuild as the barrel band is not correct and the recoil plate is a Winchester. A close up of the M1 stamp will tell for sure what it is.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Mike,

Just in case you're not familiar with M-1 carbines, some more explanation may be beneficial.

I agree with wtmr too from what I can see from one of your photos.
Can you take a better close-up photo of this area, or take a close look at it yourself? It may only be a glitch in your photo.

It looks as if you just purchased this carbine. The chrome finish really hurts the value as a collectible, but it could make a good 'shooter'. There may be a much more serious problem though.

The serial number places your carbine in a time frame when many Inlands were manufactured from the beginning to be full automatic (machine gun) and the receivers were stamped M-'2' instead of M-'1'

If yours is stamped with a '2' or it has been altered to obscure a stamped '2' your carbine is classified as a machine gun and highly illegal, even if the full auto parts have been removed.