M-1 field manual

[lemaymiami]

I'm a newbie here and won't have my first carbine for another few days. Can't say how much I appreciated being able to find and read FM 23 on this site. I'll be happy to send other folks here whenever a question about milsurp gear arises. Thanks again to all that contribute here.

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[Bubba-7]

Welcome,
I bet it will not be your last carbine. Remember, many people sell a gun because it has a problem. Used carbines are no different. So you may have some issues to work through. That is not uncommon on a seventy year old gun. But because it was government hardware, there are still lots of spare parts around and a lot of know-how here.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

lemaymiami,

Welcome to the carbine forum. Your only a newbie once. I remember my first one many years back. Still have it too. And as Bubba-7 says, they tend to multiply.

Check out the sticky section and/or use the search feature. A lot of interesting threads to browse through. Questions asked usually get a quick response from our members. There are books out with great information, and some with not so great information.

The Carbine Club recently came to an end after 39 years. But I believe you can still purchase the newsletters until they run out. 384 newsletters during that period with articles, sketches, photo's on everything you'd want to know about the M1 Carbine. Sounds costly, but for the information they hold I feel they are well worth it.

CarbineClub.com

One of our members is working on an online version of the club which should be quite nice.

I hope you enjoy and participate on he forum.

Jim

[lemaymiami]

Thanks folks... I'm the opposite of a collector - and have always considered weapons as tools for specific tasks, to be employed as needed. I'm a retired cop and you can tell from my sign in where I learned the trade... I've been looking for a carbine to fill the exact need it was originally designed for. USGI carbines in decent condition were a bit out of my range, current new reproductions in the affordable category are poor quality at best (from all I've read, here and on other sites.. thank heavens I did a bit of research....) which left me still looking. I'd have purchased a Fulton if I had the funds but ended up with an almost new condition Plainfield (at roughly half the price of a shootable GI carbine) after doing a bit of research so I'll be learning as I go, once I pick it up from my FFL. Initially I'll be shooting standard ball ammo (Aguilla) for sighting in, familiarity, and getting up to speed -then PPU soft points (if they'll cycle properly).

Once again, thanks for all the info and advice that sites like this provide....

[AFJon]

lemaymiami

Hopefully you will find these useful when you get your carbine home. Instructions on how to field strip and then reassemble with pictures

Dropbox - M1 Carbine

[imarangemaster]

Welcome! I am retired LEO (from California) myself! I have actually used an M1 carbine as a LEO trunk weapon much of my career, since about 1981 or 1982. Now I am retired, and it is still a favorite as a home defense carbine! Besides the Inland M1, I have ARs, and AK, HK, and even a Mini14. In fact, until I picked up my new 582 Series Min-14 (an M1 carbine with a hard on), the Inland was first choice. Now the wood stocked Ruger (with a walnut handguard to make it a little more M1 carbine-ish) has moved out the M1 Carbine.

[USGI]

lemaymiami

Hopefully you will find these useful when you get your carbine home. Instructions on how to field strip and then reassemble with pictures

Dropbox - M1 Carbine

Tried the "how-to' on sling installation and it doesn't work for me. Haven't tried any of the others yet. - Bob

[shadycon]

Do you have a GI sling or aftermarket? Aftermarket slings are thicker most of the time and don't fit! GK

[gsimmons]

The wartime British made ones are thicker too.

[lemaymiami]

Thanks again for the addtional info... -rangemaster, my trunk weapon was always a Remington 870 from 1973-1995.... When I decided to add a carbine twenty years later, my research led me to three candidates.... the S&W Sport 15 (at $525 the cheapest...), then a Mini 30 tactical (two hundred more...), then finally towards war babies (of the three, much more interesting....). My first military weapon was an M-14 (basic for me was January 1968 so I'm into geezer territory now....). After learning that system a year later we all had to re-qualify with the M-16 (which was a snap compared to the M-14...). The area I worked as a cop (small city just north of Miami, during the height of the party....) was never conducive to using a carbine or other long gun (unless you were in a specialized unit) so the basic riot gun was my go to on any hot call for some years....

I'll be re-learning old skills (hopefully) and that carbine will once again be a trunk weapon. Here's a small prayer that it's never needed for anything other than range work...