Presentation M1's - Looking for pictures

[Piercesaw]

Hi Brian - I'm not convinced that the area behind the sight has been altered. The question I have asked myself and am asking the board, is, why did someone go to so much trouble to grind off -

U.S. CARBINE
CAL .30 M1

Maybe it was U.S. Carbine CAL. 30 m2 that was ground off.

[apothegm]

The ATF guy sounded nice on the phone but I could hear him jingling the cuffs in the background. If it turns out to be an M2, it will be three hots and a cot for me and I won't get a chance to vote against Obama in 2012!

[Bill Hollinger]

That's three hots, a bunk and a punk!

[Milsurp Collector]

I have a mystery Inland with no serial number behind the rear sight and no evidence of grinding or tampering. I'm about to take it in to the local BATF office and would like to take it with me when I leave.

Before you get a new serial number, it might be possible to recover the original serial number of the carbine with modern forensic techniques:

http://lucy.mrs.org/2006brazil/wedpix/j502.pdf
http://www.mfrc.ameslab.gov/R-D_Repo...le_Final-1.pdf

[BrianQ]

[apothegm]

Thanks Brian - what a contrast! Doesn't look like I'm going to have much to impress the ATF folks with.