BLC para -- in the meantime

[Jim Nasium]

All
Some of you have seen these photos on the WAC forum. If you are not
a member of that one, you might like a look at this.

This barrel is on Inland receiver # 980764. Installed in an M1A1 stock assy.

r

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[usgicollector]

Is the front of the gas cylinder marked?
Dave

[phillydude]

post a link to the WAC forum

[Jim Nasium]

Here's the link.... Basically same photos.

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And, yep, gas cylinder and hsg. marked "WI".

Thanks for your interest.

r

[colreed]

Is not German. Is Brown-Lipe-Chapin (BLC) who did supply barrels to Inland, but they were marked as Inland. According to information in War Baby, page 208, BLC was being considered as a maker of free-issue barrels. It could be possible that a small number of barrels were marked in this manner before the plan was scrapped for one reason or another. (See Spotters Report, Carbine News Letter 350, Nov 1, 2008.