IHC M1 survivor

[Bob Seijas]

Same with the LMR barrels, a big inventory piled up in the three months that production was halted. When they restarted they used them pretty much as they came to hand, so all you can say about the dates is that, in general, early serials usually have early barrels.

[MIL-MITCH]

Thank you Joe and Bob! the more i learn, the more I like this rifles originality. It shoots great, operates flawlessly and is a blast to shoot. I think i did well for 1400$

[kingpin]

Hello

I own three IHC's. 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 Gap Letter. Personally I would get a shooter stock and shoot the gun. IHC stocks are selling anywhere from 300-550 these days. I have left all my stocks in purchased condition with dings and dimples from seating bullets in clips. Just adds to the history. Another cool thing these rifles were mad just 5 miles from my house here on Evansville, Indiana. I always on the lookout for IHC's to purchase

Enjoy
Glen

[kingpin]

Thank you Joe and Bob! the more i learn, the more I like this rifles originality. It shoots great, operates flawlessly and is a blast to shoot. I think i did well for 1400$

I would have given that too!

[Bob Seijas]

After the IHC plant was closed and everything was removed, one guy stayed there minding it until Whirlpool took over. One day a truck arrived and dropped off a large crate from Springfield Armory -- he opened it and found 10 new rifles that had been sent to SA for parts interchange testing. He didn't know what to do with them, so he loaded the crate in his car trunk and waited for dark. Then he drove down to the river and threw them in! Maybe you could figure out where that was and get a grappling hook? LOL

[kar66]

We almost have twins. The serial no. of mine is 4532717 with a LMR bbl. 6-53. I don't remember what the no. in the stock is. My stock is sanded. but the metal is like new also. I don't remember if I have shot mine or not. I usually just play with my latest toy and if I get one when I feel the weather is to bad to shoot. It may get passed over for something newer to me and not get shot. Anyway you have a nice IHC. I am not sure of anything about mine. It's not import marked or used very much. I got it from a friend who got from a friend that is a gunshow dealer. Who I think bought it in Iowa at a show.

[browningautorifle]

Then he drove down to the river and threw them in!

I'm thinking that sounds better as a story than fact Bob...that way no one knows they're still sitting in his garage...

[Bob Seijas]

"they're still sitting in his garage"

I wish! I talked to him for two hours as part of the research I was doing on IHC around 1980 and offered a LOT of money if he still had them. He regretted dumping them, but said he didn't know what to do at the time because everything had been accounted for and written off, he was just waiting for the Whirlpool guys to show up. He admitted it was very stupid, but Ordnance had scared everybody to death about "theft of government property."

[kingpin]

Wish I could figure out which road he used to drive down to the river? Evansville had changed a lot since the 50's.

[browningautorifle]

And if they were for interchangeability tests, they probably wouldn't have been packed in long term storage, just oil and go...