My IBM Korean War era M-1 carbine

[river rat]

Here is my only military issued rife got it when I use to live in Calf at the cow palace gun show even walked out with it the day I bought it that mite not happen today. Old photo's I do have two vintage issue 15 round clips for it now old calf photo's so the 10 round clips in photo's.




















Also got this original issued M-1 carbine rifle bag at the same show when I got the rifle.

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[browningautorifle]

Nice rig. Nice and clean. I take it you shoot that a bit?

[river rat]

Don't shoot it often but have. Think I paid around 700-800 for it. I remember at the same time I bought it Big 5 sporting goods a store in calf were selling some real beater ones and probably miss matched parts for the same price so I figured I did OK at the time.

[USGI]

Have you ever broke that one down and filled out a Data Sheet? Just curious what trigger housing it ended up with. - Bob

[Beerhunter]

When I retired from IBM (United Kingdom) I asked for an IBM M1 Carbine as my retirement gift, The HR (Human remains) department vetoed it.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

I have had tables and just attended many other shows at the Cow Palace, mostly in the 80's and 90's. After about 2002 they started to have less and less guns with more and more stuff. (jerky, candy, shirts, jewelry). Plus parking doubled. Do you remember who you bought it from?

Common mistake usually with newer guys, what you are calling clips are magazines. They did have stripper clips that could be used to load the magazines.

[river rat]

Got it around 2005 there was a seller that had so many issued 1911 for sale never seen one seller with that many I bought the M-1 because it was halve the price of those 1911's that I really wanted at the time took me until last year to finely get two vintage 1911's. I am not new to fire arms in 1980 the Navy taught me about fire arms shot every thing from the M-14 to M-16 to Remington 870's to 1911,sig 9 mm , Berretta 9 mm to the M-60 to the 50 cal. even a 60mm Mk 4 Mod 0 naval mortar the Navy had a weird one drop fire or trigger fire it was on a mount and the M-79 grenade launcher and MK-19 grenade launcher and the 203 grenade launcher attached to the M-16 . Got to shoot the saw M249 machine gun at camp Pendleton when I did a combat skill course in 2002 I guess the M-60 history now. I just call them clip or mag been told that before.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

I also shot a lot of different weapons during my tours. Loved the .50's the M-16 was new out with problems. Never did like the M-14. The M-79 beside being effective for what it was intended for, was fun to shoot, the ammo was just too darn heavy. The M-60 was a great machine gun with belt feed .308 ammo, but other then movies it needed more then one person. Always had a liking of the BAR. One man, magazine fed. But again, you could only carry so many magazines. One thing pretty much went along with all those rifles. You also carried a 1911. More fun looking back then at the time.

[browningautorifle]

Love the BAR, enjoyed coming to the US forts and doing a weapons swap. One was in Pendleton in about '94. We shot the USMC tools and they shot our FNs . Most thought they were too heavy...

[Beerhunter]

Common mistake usually with newer guys, what you are calling clips are magazines.

"Clip" is a common euphemism for magazine in the US but getting less so? I wonder if it dates from WWII use of the M1 Garand, with its en-bloc clip, rather than a detachable magazine.