New guy showing off my 1943 NPM

[painter777]

Charlie777 I am in the Lansing area

I'm in Williamston

Anything on your carbine you'd like me to go over.
Send me a E-mail or PM.


Cheers,
Charlie-Painter777

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Gee Charlie...did you even read my post?

Sorry BAR, I didn't read your reply.
After reading the OP's comment about his Trigger Housing, I searched for a older posting where I knew this had came up before and Jim M had commented about.

Picked up an Inland today...questions a plenty!

It's all good info.



CH-P777

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[ww321q]

When metals were getting hard to come by Ordnance
authorized a change in the alloys that made up the metal of the trigger housing,
including a use of a higher amount of nickel.

I was thinking that some came that way. I must have misinterpreted what I read. JW

[USGI]

I was thinking that some came that way. I must have misinterpreted what I read. JW

Several weeks ago, a local gun shop had a National Ordnance carbine with a "plum" colored TH. I think it was an Inland housing, but figured at the time that National had probably reblued it as discussed above. I've got my own Inland with a "plum" housing, but it looks more like parkerizing. Maybe it was done without the careful prep work that browningautorifle (Jim) described earlier? Mine shoots fine, and I just consider it a part of the rifle's history. The attached picture is of mine - it's also got a replacement hammer in it. - Bob

[browningautorifle]

I've got my own Inland with a "plum" housing, but it looks more like parkerizing

That's almost certainly what the problem was. If you bead blast and blue, you get a nice matt finish but it's not as durable as parkerizing. The purple is from a cold solution, or maybe not as strong as it could be. It's just cosmetic though. Rest assured, originals didn't come that way. It wouldn't be accepted.

Walmart has a two box limit? That's stunning. They're all about money, I can't imagine...

[Oddball]

Welcome! I am very new here as well, and very new to the M-1. One thing I have found out is that there is an absolute wealth of info on this forum. Lots of good reading.

[browningautorifle]

Ammo shouldn't be a problem...in your case Walmart or anything like that. It might not be ball ammo...you could order it from CMP.

[hoveyh]

And Charlie777 ..... there are no other marking on the wood or metal. She is very clean. So I guess the answer is No Import Markings. Heck maybe the stock is not correct for a NPM being a S-HB made by the baseball bat company. I am all smiles every time I pull it out of the asfe to fondle her.

H

[lbelflowers]

Ammo shouldn't be a problem...in your case Walmart or anything like that. It might not be ball ammo...you could order it from CMP.

Good luck at Walmart! I think they put a 2 box limit nationwide(on any ammunition).

[USGI]

Good luck at Walmart! I think they put a 2 box limit nationwide(on any ammunition).

I checked Big 5 Sports a couple of weeks ago and they had a box of soft points for $55 - I still don't understand why softpoints are so much higher when the cost of SP reloading bullets is about the same as FMJ. - Bob

[scubatke]

Good luck at Walmart! I think they put a 2 box limit nationwide(on any ammunition).

I'd rather get two boxes than none. Things will get back to normal before too long.

Charlie...I just saw your post. I hope it's not that bad. I think there is an assumption that the demand will remain static; I just don't see that. There is a saturation point where people will finally have enough ammo, guns, or whatever. There is also a saturation point where people just can't afford any more. I shudder to think how many people have gone deeply into debt buying at the current inflated prices. As supply increases and demand decreases inventories will start to be reestablished and eventually prices will start to drop.