New guy showing off my 1943 NPM

[Oddball]

Welcome! I am very new here as well, and very new to the M-1. One thing I have found out is that there is an absolute wealth of info on this forum. Lots of good reading.

[hoveyh]

Wow I opened a can up in a good way ..... I appreciate the interest and comments. She is a very nice rifle regardless of the trigger housing I was just looking to learn from you guys. I am a proud owner and will enjoy shooting and maintaining this rifle. The trigger housing is what it is. The trigger let off is real nice nand she shoots straight. If only I could find any ammo

Charlie777 I am in the Lansing area.

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[browningautorifle]

Ammo shouldn't be a problem...in your case Walmart or anything like that. It might not be ball ammo...you could order it from CMP.

[ww321q]

When metals were getting hard to come by Ordnance
authorized a change in the alloys that made up the metal of the trigger housing,
including a use of a higher amount of nickel.

I was thinking that some came that way. I must have misinterpreted what I read. JW

[hoveyh]

And Charlie777 ..... there are no other marking on the wood or metal. She is very clean. So I guess the answer is No Import Markings. Heck maybe the stock is not correct for a NPM being a S-HB made by the baseball bat company. I am all smiles every time I pull it out of the asfe to fondle her.

H

[painter777]

Charlie777 I am in the Lansing area

I'm in Williamston

Anything on your carbine you'd like me to go over.
Send me a E-mail or PM.


Cheers,
Charlie-Painter777

---------- Post added 02-13-2013 at 12:03 AM ---------- Previous post was 02-12-2013 at 11:54 PM ----------

Gee Charlie...did you even read my post?

Sorry BAR, I didn't read your reply.
After reading the OP's comment about his Trigger Housing, I searched for a older posting where I knew this had came up before and Jim M had commented about.

Picked up an Inland today...questions a plenty!

It's all good info.



CH-P777

[lbelflowers]

Ammo shouldn't be a problem...in your case Walmart or anything like that. It might not be ball ammo...you could order it from CMP.

Good luck at Walmart! I think they put a 2 box limit nationwide(on any ammunition).

[USGI]

I was thinking that some came that way. I must have misinterpreted what I read. JW

Several weeks ago, a local gun shop had a National Ordnance carbine with a "plum" colored TH. I think it was an Inland housing, but figured at the time that National had probably reblued it as discussed above. I've got my own Inland with a "plum" housing, but it looks more like parkerizing. Maybe it was done without the careful prep work that browningautorifle (Jim) described earlier? Mine shoots fine, and I just consider it a part of the rifle's history. The attached picture is of mine - it's also got a replacement hammer in it. - Bob

[USGI]

Good luck at Walmart! I think they put a 2 box limit nationwide(on any ammunition).

I checked Big 5 Sports a couple of weeks ago and they had a box of soft points for $55 - I still don't understand why softpoints are so much higher when the cost of SP reloading bullets is about the same as FMJ. - Bob

[browningautorifle]

I've got my own Inland with a "plum" housing, but it looks more like parkerizing

That's almost certainly what the problem was. If you bead blast and blue, you get a nice matt finish but it's not as durable as parkerizing. The purple is from a cold solution, or maybe not as strong as it could be. It's just cosmetic though. Rest assured, originals didn't come that way. It wouldn't be accepted.

Walmart has a two box limit? That's stunning. They're all about money, I can't imagine...