Audie Murphy's Carbine Number

[PBI]

I selling my M1 Carbine collection and getting into an upscale knowlegible hobby like collecting Armitron Watches.

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[Tired Retired]

I selling my M1 Carbine collection and getting into an upscale knowlegible hobby like collecting Armitron Watches.

PBI, why don't just get into the safe hobby of collecting rocks???? Or is someone gonna think you are making them out of little balls of concrete???

Oh, and if you are going to sell your carbine collection, can I have 1st dibs on all your "fake" stuff?

[satan52k]

Not to burst any bubbles but Winchester made an M1 Rifle AND an M1 Carbine that bore serial number 1,108,783: the rifle in MAY '42 and the carbine about a year later. I believe the "serial number" quote occurred several years after the war, and that of all people, Murphy would know the difference between a rifle and carbine. Further bad news to some: I saw and held the "wounded" carbine back in the early 60's while attending a meeting of Outpost 7 (Wash. DC) of The Society of the Third Infantry Division and it was a Sagainaw NOT a Winchester and was told by Murphy's BN Commander (among others) that it was the real thing. It sure looked like it had been to hell and back; broken stock w/wire wrapped pistol grip, worn finish, end of operating rod handle and front sight ears deeply gouged.