Sad / Quality.

[Mikey51]

A few remains I obtained. Opinions on stake marks and colour appreciated. Sometimes I buy bad / not so good stuff, in order to get to know others interested in the same subject. Cheers, Mike.

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[Ernie]

To my eye, I can see a pair of what were probably the original chisel marks on a flip sight at the far right side of the dovetail. It also looks like it was rebuilt 2 times based on the 2 different sets of punch stake marks for an adjustable sight. Nice springtube piece. Finish might be original although I would expect it to be a little less charcoal black and more of the green/black. I believe it might be refinished as I would expect to see a bit of difference in color under the woodline as above the wood line.

[usgicollector]

Looks to me that the 4 stake marks away from the dovetail could be from the early QHMC round staking when they staked the edge of the dovetail and the rear sight at the same time.
I agree with ernie on it be refinished. Is it cut in half or just not original?
Just wondering what is sad about it?
Dave

[Bruce McAskill]

Mike that has been refinished but it was not a very well done parkerizing job. But the receiver appears to be in good shape other then the stake marks for the rear sight and can be made into a good shooter.

[Tired Retired]

Mike, can we see the rest of it please? From what I can see (half blind and with no morning coffee) it looks equivalent to some of the barreled receivers coming out of CMP lately. Is it in a rebuildable condition? I would hate to think that your receiver is useless since it is 4,000 into QHMC's production.

[Mikey51]

Gidday Tired. Yes, this poor old girl has been rebuilt and refinished to death ! I only got the barrel, receiver and trigger housing. Barrel is 6/44 Inland and housing was BE-B so they can go in the parts box. Only Quality part in the housing was the sear. I'll keep all the Quality parts. I dunno why, but Qualitys are very hard to find here. I think as Wtmr says about early STD PROs, "The ship they were all on must have been sunk". Hope these pics are what you want. Mike.

[Tired Retired]

Mike, she does look a bit worse for wear. That tube looks like it may fall apart at any minute. But have faith that she still has alot of good shooting left in her. Kinda like Pamela Anderson - you just keep doing plastic surgery until you get her looking just right!

I guess one question I am curious about for the New Zealand collectors... since ya'll have a limited number of carbines and a difficult time importing them, who has the EARLIESTexamples of each? That QHMC should be early April 43. Or do you already have an earlier example?

My first USGI carbine was a QHMC and I am sure that it will be one of the last carbines I ever get rid of.

[Bruce McAskill]

March 1943 for the serial number. Highest number for QH during testing at Inland March 15,1943 was 1553060. Only about 1200 before Mikeys serial number.