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    No need to be snippy towards each other. Let's wait for pictures. Then we can discuss what they show, or don't show.

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    Sorry, Not trying to be snippy. Cheers, Bruce.

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    Maybe it was a white-bagger that had not been used since the overhaul.

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    Well, I got the pix to work for the HQ marked stock, so here they come....

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    And some more...

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    While I'm on a roll.....

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    INLAND44, Either that or a canned rifle. I know the Std. Products (S44) bolt and SW sear are odd to this weapon, and I can't identify the trigger markings of "S" three lines "A", but I figure the bolt might have been gotten from a lateral transfer since they were having trouble with Auto Ordnance bolts about that time and the late number seems about right. Forgot to get a picture of the ME but it sits at 1.2, the bolt just closes at the GO gauge and doesn't even come close to locking at the NO-GO. I don't have my carbine tools here since I figured on concentrating on Garandicon's while on this trip, so I can't break down the bolt. It's hard to see the unfinished texture that the stock and the hand guard have, but I tried to show it as best as possible. Thanks for the patience and enduring my laziness, and yes, the gentle prods. Cheers, Bruce.

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    It's definitely been refurbished, but not to the degree normally seen. The trigger is S_A for Standard Products BTW. The mag catch and handguard were not used by IBM, so that have to be later add ons. I'm curious about the front sight too as IBM used plenty of stamped front sights later in production when this carbine was built. I think this carbine was lightly rebuilt to some degree with parts from a Standard Products carbine. It looks nice overall though.

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    deldriver, really didn't get a good picture of the front sight, but it's an "N" marked milled. Since I have the hang of the pix, I'll post the rest of the ones I received in the deal here shortly. As I said when I first started this thread, I was jazzed to get this one, and still am. It's the first near new carbine that I've seen in a while and the first that I've been able to get my hands on. I've been collecting for a while, and my first M1icon Carbine was an IBM, one of the CAI imports from (supposedly) Brazilicon or other parts south back in 1988. That's the one that I've never gotten rid of. Next up for pix will be a 5 digit Inland. Cheers, Bruce.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bacarnal View Post
    Really didn't get a good picture of the front sight, but it's an "N" marked milled. Cheers, Bruce.
    That's kind of my point in a way. The N marked Niedner sights were seen in early IBM carbines, while the stamped P-OB, SI-B and even EU marked Underwood stamped sights were seen on later IBM rifles. As I like to say weird things happened when building these rifles.

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