Clip pouch for M1 Carbine

[CINDERS]

some real price gouging

Your not wrong there $162/USD was the lowest up to $962/USD from ABE.BOOKS cannot understand why they stack the price so high

[szvacek]

Thanks for all the comments and questions. Since I'm new at this, all is helpful. I have added several more pictures of anything that looked like a mark or stamp. There is no marking on the sling. The silver can with the pin, anybody know what that is?

Thanks
Steve

[W5USMC]

The silver can with the pin, anybody know what that is?

Steve, that is the oiler. Too bad we don't live a little bit closer to each other, I would love to see that Carbine in person. From your pics I would say she is a keeper.
Take Care,
Wayne

[USGI]

Steve, check for markings on the bottom of the oiler and on the RH side of your rear sight. Thanks! - Bob

[deldriver]

The only thing that sticks out to me is obviously the rear sight, wonder if it's staked. Buffalo Arms barrel and a very nice, blued flat bolt are a couple of other noteworthy things I see. Would love to have this carbine, adjustable sight or not!

[szvacek]

The only thing that sticks out to me is obviously the rear sight, wonder if it's staked. Buffalo Arms barrel and a very nice, blued flat bolt are a couple of other noteworthy things I see. Would love to have this carbine, adjustable sight or not!

Is the rear sight not original?

[W5USMC]

Is the rear sight not original?

No, your rear sight was upgraded to the adjustable sight at some point.

[painter777]

As requested, here are some more pictures of my carbine. I was manufactured by Quality Hardware and Machine.

Steve,
I don't know how familiar you are with the M1 Carbine so please bear with me if any of my information..... comes across like a repetitive pop quiz.

Have you figured out how to pull the barreled/receiver off the stock?
If not, we can come back to to this and better explain how to do so.

To start let's identify the type/style of stock and Hand guard you have.
We can see from your picture that your stock has the QHMC style Crossed Cannons stamp that was applied as an acceptance stamp.
The stamp Q-RMC on the left side sling slot tells us your stock was made by Rock-Ola for use by QHMC.
The oval shape of the oiler slot on the right hand side tells us the stock is either Type II or Type III.
What I can't see in your picture is how far the top wood rail extends on the right side.
There are Hi-wood stocks and Low-wood stocks.
I'll copy and link for explanation, examples from a hard working fellow members web sight:

Type I Stock Used By Some Makers In Early Production


Type II Stock, Oiler Slot Changed To Oval Shape To Save Production Time


Type III Stock, Low-wood, Eliminated The Hi-Wood Rail: Prone To Breaking/Cracking


Your Hand Guard


There were 3 Types of Hand guards used.
Early Type I: Like yours has a wide sighting groove, and cut deeply. Retaining tab held by 2 rivets.
Another example of a Type I:

Mid Type II: Has a more narrow sighting groove, and cut shallower to strengthen it. Retaining tab still using 2 rivets.

Mid/Late Type III: Pretty much same as the Type II's groove except it now has a longer Metal retaining tab held with 4 rivets for more strength.



Look for markings on the under side of your Hand Guard. Many stocks and hand guards supplied to QHMC from Rock-Ola..... were just marked RMC. But many also were marked like your slingwell marking Q-RMC.. Example:


See page 1 and page 2 for clear explanations on USGI stocks.
A BIG Thank You to Jim,M for his hard work.

The U.S. Caliber .30 Carbine Stocks & Handguards

Good Luck Steve !

[painter777]

Originally Posted by szvacek
Is the rear sight not original?
No, your rear sight was upgraded to the adjustable sight at some point.

I recently came across a Standard Products that the previous owner, was presented by his CO in WWII/ETO. He was a Chief of Police years later after the war and had installed a Type III rear sight on it. He preferred the adj vs the original flip sight, as he used it while being a LEO. This told to me by his brother, (also a LEO in the same city) who passed just 6 weeks after the sale. The original paper work attached to the presentation was lost when the Chiefs home was destroyed in a 1960's flooding storm. In the limited pictures provided I could see string hanging from the frt sight, but not being clear thought it may be a ID tag or the like. Luckily the rear adj was never staked on. When purchased the carbine came with the original flip sight tied with fishing line to the front sight. He lived right on the outer shoreline in New Jersey. This carbine survived a major flooding storm in the 60's and later survived Hurricane Sandy. Because it was stored at the Police station, his home was destroyed twice, hit by both storms.
I'd have to find his unit number, but do know he was stationed in England with the Mighty 8th. Being part of Air Recon he would photograph after bombing missions to assess damage.
Trying to research his service record has been quite the challenge. In time I hope to know more about him.
Part of the purchase agreement was to never mention his name until his surviving son (now elderly) had passed. That son has issues that kept the now deceased brother from allowing him to own the firearm.

Back to Steve's QHMC !

[szvacek]

Here are pics from the bottom of the oiler and the RH side of the sight.