For a 6.42M Inland, what are the Probable Correct barrel Dates?

[southfork]

My 6.42M Inland came with a 2-44 Underwood Barrel when I purchased it. I understand that the Underwood barrel wouldn't have been used in the carbine's original 1944 or 1945 assembly. So in order to make my Inland more "correct", I would like to find a nice-condition Inland barrel that has a barrel date consistent with the carbine serial number. What range of barrel dates would be most likely to be correct for my receiver(within 2 or 3 months)? Any help here would be appreciated.

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[southfork]

My late Inland Carbine:

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[deldriver]

From a CCNL dealing with the 6.2 to 6.4 range, it looks like yours would be about 11-44; there can always be some variance in that date though. Also, there seems to be a fair amount of Inland undated barrels in your range. I hope this helps you.

[southfork]

From a CCNL dealing with the 6.2 to 6.4 range, it looks like yours would be about 11-44; there can always be some variance in that date though. Also, there seems to be a fair amount of Inland undated barrels in your range. I hope this helps you.

Are you indicating that my Inland was assembled about 11-44? If so, then wouldn't the Inland barrel be made about 2 or 3 months earlier than that in all likelihood?

[deldriver]

No, I am saying your barrel should be dated 11-44 according to what I read in the CCNL I have. I feel strongly though that there could be some play in the date, probably earlier than later. Don't put too much stock in trying to judge a particular carbine's production date by its barrel date; it's a clue, but not always the best way to determine it.

[INLAND44]

Are you indicating that my Inland was assembled about 11-44? If so, then wouldn't the Inland barrel be made about 2 or 3 months earlier than that in all likelihood?

No, the carbine would have been assembled later than that with an Inland barrel from about 11-44. The fact that the Underwood barrel has the correct date for the Inland receiver is pure coincidence. Setting out to 'correct' a carbine is an expensive venture that frequently doesn't turn out well. Re-barreling a carbine is definitely not for the hobbyist. You have a carbine that was most likely overhauled in 1949 and put in it's present configuration. It may have been used that way in the Korean Conflict and that is the configuration it was in when sold off by the DCM. You might want to consider preserving that piece of history.

[Bruce McAskill]

By the time this carbine was made Inlands barrel and receiver time were in the same frame. Barrels in the earlier time period were way ahead of receiver production but by late 1943 production of receivers was catching up. Undated barrels were around August/September 1944. A 6.4 Inland would have been made in November/December 1944.

[USGI]

My brother has an Inland from the CMP s/n #6,418,XXX and the barrel date is 11-44. That matches with the info that has been posted in this thread. One thing that now has me confused is, I have a 476K Inland that I thought was almost completely original, and it has an undated barrel. This Inland has a dogleg hammer and a highwood stock. I thought the buttplate was wrong because it has the horizontal pattern rather than diagonal, but later found out that both were used during the time it was produced. Is it without question that the undated barrels were only around August/September of 1944? Thanks. - Bob

[firstflabn]

Shouldn't you should be asking for a source for the claim rather than just a repetition of an opinion. Critical thinking is dead - and Riesch is still just a very nice picture book.

[Bruce McAskill]

There were several times that Inland did not date their barrels. One was about mid 1943 and the other in the summer of 1944.