Lots of photos of the 5.4 Inland

[DaveHH]

This looks as made. No sign of rebuild. R.P. late DI, Bolt round AI- lft lug, F.P. #3 RI, Ext. WI, EJECT #2, Front sight N, Barrel Inland Div GM 8-44,Gas Cyl II ,Band type 2 Swiss Am,Slide type 5 PI, TH Vert Inland type 4 w/oil hole,Mag Catch Type4 HI, Hammer #4 WI, spring 26, Sear hole XI, Trigger RI, Rear sight type 2 PI, narrow tang receiver.
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[DaveHH]

[USGI]

Wouldn't that TH with the hole be a Type 5? Sure looks nice to me! Can you show a close up of the rear sight staking? - I'd like to compare to my 5.4 Inland. Thanks! - Bob

[DaveHH]

is two circular punches in the two points (rear) used in the milled sight. Some had square staking, some had circular. Type 3 (stamped) sights would have one at the back and one at the front.

[USGI]

Thanks for that information. Mine has the Type 3 with the circular punch marks front and rear on the RH side. - Bob

[jimb16]

USGI....the trigger housing would technically be a modified type 3. Those lube holes were often drilled in the housings during rebuilds. The giveaway is the position of the Inland logo. By the time the hole was being drilled in the housings as a standard operation, the logo would have been stamped in an upside-down position. (near the end of production)

[DaveHH]

According to the CC #361 the oil hole was first encountered before this example and was in almost full use about the same time as this example (purposely being vague to preserve copyrights). I thought that the upside down Inland was only used with the M2 housings?

USGI: In a Winchester this trigger housing would be called a type 5 (I own one). Probably because Winchester never used any fabricated THs.

[USGI]

Thanks for the trigger housing information. I was going by "Type 4 = Fabricated" - guess that's not exactly a true statement when considering all carbine manufacturers. - Bob

[USGI]

I probably should have started a new thread with this question, but the carbine I'm writing about is almost a twin to Dave's. My local gun shop just took in an Inland S/N 5,459,6XX and I spent quite a bit of time studying it yesterday. It has the same "late Win" style buttplate, and about the only thing I question other than that is the Type 2 barrel band. The band has only (1) "slash" mark and it's down low on the left side. One source I have says that should be for a Rock-ola. It really doesn't look like the front sight has ever been off, but I could be mistaken. Has anyone ever heard of Inland using this barrel band? Thanks! - Bob

[DaveHH]

My American Swiss mark is only partially struck and very hard to see. There were also many unmarked bands used.