M1 Carbine Feeding Like Molasses or Not At All

[Bill Hollinger]

This is great news. Charlie, thank you for helping out one of fellas!

[INLAND44]

Israeli stock numbering, and I've never seen one with multiple serial numbers. Looks to me like it had at least three different carbines in that stock.

[painter777]

I-44,
I could feel why,
Stock has the heavy/stout feeling to it....
Much like the gals we have here in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan ;-)

CH-P777

[scubatke]

JimF...my son is SURE that several shots passed through holes from previous shots! He hasn't shot rifles a lot and was a little intimidated at first. He flinched big time for the first few shots but then settled right in and did well. I have to admit, at 50 yards the target was pretty small when looking down the sights.

USGI...I think that picture captures the 50 yard range at it's best. Interestingly, I just found out on Sunday that those shooting benches were actually done by some Boy Scouts (might have been an Eagle Scout project). They did a great job. I am very fortunate; there are three gun clubs within roughly 20-25 minutes of me. It was hard choosing just one!

C777...I took my wife to her first gun show on Saturday and I think she enjoyed it. We spent most of our time letting her handle a variety of hand guns to try to get an idea of what feels good to her but I managed to look at some carbines as well. I probably missed a few but the only mags I saw were the new (Korean?) ones.

USGI/I44...interesting info on the stock numbering being from Israel. Any suggestions for reading a little more about this?

-ScubaTKE

[USGI]

scubatke,

Maybe I44 can help more on the stock number thing. Possibly you can find more with searches here on the forum for Century Arms, C.A.I., CAI, or something similar. The CMP forums would be a good bet too, as well as Google, etc. About all I know about them is what I've seen in stores and at gun shows where they've had CAI imported carbines. I own a CAI IBM carbine and have one other stock that came off of one. I have to admit that most of them are not near as nice as yours. - Bob

[ChipS]

we're not going to qualify for any marksmanship awards

I wouldn't want to be the Nazi either of you were aiming at!!!!! Congrats.

[imarangemaster]

Probably an Israeli Mash Az volunteer police weapon, based on the serial number stamping on the left side of the stock, and the fact it is a CAI import. Look on the top of the barrel under the handguard and see if you see a very tiny stamp that looks almost like a "4" with the top open. It should be on top, but I have also seen it on the bottom flat of the barrel. Mash Az are like volunteer neighborhood watch with guns. For years, USGI carbines were their standard issue. The Israelis take AWESOME care of their weapons. Replacement parts used by them would be USGI. I missed it if the serial number on the stock is the same as the weapon. That is a plus.

There should be traces of white paint in the serial number stampings, and maybe even traces of black paint on the front sight or other nooks and crannies. They sometimes painted the metal on the carbines black, like Sten guns, and Uzis. I had an Underwood Mash Az that was almost as good of a shooter as my Inland.

[scubatke]

Pic attached is from the top of the barrel...is that a 'P' or the character (Hebrew?) that rangemaster mentioned above?

Heading the the range...I'll try to post more later...

[browningautorifle]

That's the P. That's not what he's talking about. Looks like an upside down "h" with a decoration...

[imarangemaster]

That's the P. That's not what he's talking about. Looks like an upside down "h" with a decoration...

Thanks! That is a better way of describing it.