Putting the M1 Carbine in the Right Context

[imarangemaster]

My favorite M1 carbine picture!



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Nice Hog....I like to hear the Story.

Me too! I may be a pretty fair rifleman, but I can't hit the broad side of a barn with a bow and arrow, even 15 yards away.

When I was a young buck in the early 1970s, I did a LOT of pig hunting (mostly Black Russians and Russian/feral cross) in California in the Los Padres National Forest and the Salinas Valley where the pigs come down from the hills and destroy crops. I used a No 4 Mk I sporterized .303 British with Federals now extinct 215 grain load. Towards the end, I switched to a Ruger 44 Mag Carbine loaded with Norma 240 grain rifle rounds. That little Ruger 44 Carbine was a pig thumping SOB! I wish I still had it.

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[Mizzouboy]

The Hornady rounds are good, but a little on the hot side (this is not a complaint). They seem to work fine in my carbines, but I have problems with cases sticking in my .30C Ruger Blackhawk, in spite of the nickel plating. Generally don't have that problem with other commercial ammo.

[browningautorifle]

cases sticking in my .30C Ruger Blackhawk.

I'll bet that's just a pressure thing. Those are like firing a stick of dynamite in my opinion and past experience. Kind of like a hand held anti-tank gun...with that flash.

[imarangemaster]

I had the same problem with an early Ruger 44 Mag super Blackhawk. Their chambers are slightly rough, and hot 44 mag loads stuck the cases.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

I haven't had an issue with my three screw Ruger, but my AMT automag has had some failures to extract.

[browningautorifle]

Like I said, flash like and anti tank gun...

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Same flash with the Ruger. Fun to shoot, in the day time.