Midway carbines

[usabaker]

My buddy's son tried for a Winchester Fine but was only able to get a good-very good, $1350.00

[Ben Cartwright]

You are lucky you got the tracking number right away, I got the confirmation of order right away but no tracking number yet.

I signed in a 9:00 and went right to the Rock-ola's and at 9:00:15 seconds there were no FINE Rockolas, put the VG-F in the cart and started checkout, and it sat waiting to accept my name and I got booted out of the cart all gone by 9:04
Then went to Quality Hardware and no Fines at 9:05 but snagged a VG-F QH

[browningautorifle]

So no matter the naysayers, the carbines have evaporated. I guess we can expect some of these to appear here for perusal, then we see.

[jimb16]

Ben, same thing happened to me. I was 90% of the way through the purchase process. Only had to click on confirm order and I got hit by a "freeze". Then suddenly my cart was empty. I had a Rock picked out too. I went straight to it right at the opening and zipped through the process. I had everything set and knew exactly what I needed to do. It couldn't have taken 2 minutes..... When it froze, I called their customer service. They didn't help a bit. Said they would make a problem report to IT. That doesn't help one little bit.

[Ben Cartwright]

So frustrating, but then I did see a thread on Milsurps that listed the "order" of the carbines, Irwin first, then I thought Rockola but looking at it again it was Quality Hardware Second followed by Rockola so had I noticed that order before I might have tried for the QH rather than the Rockola, BUT I was successful with a VG-F QH, but maybe could have gotten the Fine

[ssgross]

I guess we can expect some of these to appear here for perusal, then we see.

I will certainly do an unboxing thread with plenty of detailed pics before I go about cleaning it up.

[Ben Cartwright]

I will certainly do an unboxing thread with plenty of detailed pics before I go about cleaning it up.

I am planning the same thing but also with a movie to post to my youtube channel, I have done that for several guns, not unboxing but using

[Ben Cartwright]

I am just learning about M1's here is my Quality Hardware (VG-F) box came through fine, no dents or tears. Seems to be in very nice shape, just a tad of cosmoline under the top handguard and in it.
Serial # 156XXXX
Quality Hardware under adjustable sight
ROCK-OLA barrel dated 2-43
Top handguard marked OI
Stock only marking I could find is a "V" in the receiver well
Square cross hatch on recoil plate
"L" on Trigger group
flat bolt
UI on the barrel band - Type 1

what is the "V" in the receiver well?

[USGI]

I don't know about the "V" on the stock, but that's a nice "dogleg" Winchester hammer. Look for a faint W on the RH side of the trigger housing near the back. Those are nice pics! - Bob

[Ben Cartwright]

I see a "W" on the left hand side. Thank you on the pics I took them with my Canon 5D mark IV and a 15-35 L lens