new M1 carbine owner, new to forum. just plain new

[ChadC]

Enjoy your new carbine. They are a ton of fun. Don't worry about the blue sky stamp.

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[AD-4NA]

Blue sky definitely did not import just parts or assembled bitsers either. I have seen a number of Blue Sky imported carbines that aside from being good shooters clearly had the original barrel and were complete albeit arsenal rebuilt guns.

[imarangemaster]

Hi and welcome to the forum. I would not worry about the barrel being damaged by the Blue Sky stamp. I have had several Blue Sky carbines since the late 1980s, and they all shot as well as any other carbine. I am not aware of anyone here on the forum or in my personal experience that has had damage because of the barrel.

Print this target. It is the 25 yard battle sight target. The instructions are on the target. Use this on the bottom 100/150 setting on the rear sight. "Point A" is the center of the bottom of the black area. In your sight picture, set the bottom of the black on the top of the front sight post in you sight picture.



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Generally M1 Carbines are 100% reliable with USGI 15 and 30 round magazines, or KCI Korean 15 round magazines. If you have feeding issues, it may be a weak recoil spring. When you disassemble the carbine, measure the recoil spring. It should be between 10 1/8" and 10 1/4" long. If it is shorter, replace it with a USGI one. "Extra Power" after market recoil springs cause more problems than they solve. Also, it is not uncommon for used carbine mags to have spring in backwards. The spring looks like this: /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ The long side (bottom of the picture) goes to the rear in the magazine.

Happy shooting!

[browningautorifle]

I too had a Blue Sky barrel that was fine. There was no damage, just a huge stamp.