War Baby with flat bolt and L-shaped flip rear site

[fowler]

I remember my first M-1 carbine ,Inland I believe Flip L shaped rear site metal ,flat bolt ,no bayo-lug. A early one,But boy would she shoot! Two 15 round magazines on the stock,felt like Lt.Hanson on Combat. State of the art in a compact light fast firing carbine. A teenagers dream come true. Like all young upstarts I traded her off and have not found a pristine one again. My dad in the 80th div. in the WW-2 favored the carbine just like Audie Murphy did. My Uncle and father in law favored them in Korea with the M-2 version,selector lever and round bolt ,pot belly stock and 30 round banana magazines. Others I have known in the South Vietnamese arvn and C.I.D. Boys in Saigon with there cut down stock less M-2 for streetsweepers. A true classic . They are drying up in pristine collector shape. The last M-2 I fired was a pals Plainfield comm. legal class 3,a good shooter that could shoot the ass out of cow at 75yds. Where have the good ones gone???

[fowler]

I guess the young bloods have wrote off the M-1,M-2 carbine,You don,t see that much about them in the new magazines or young fellows with them,mostly gray hairs. Back in the late 60,s and early 70,s I would see them all over the place, with our group of collectors and shooters included A young Chagrin Falls cop Gary Johnston who is a gun rag writer now. Those were the mecca of collector grade guns shows. A mint carbine could be had for near $200.

[Butch]

Originally posted by fowler
Where have the good ones gone???
I have a couple of them....they got rebuilt like most of them did though.
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[sigpro357]

What do you mean only gray hairs shoot or own them now. I'm 28 today, and just bought a new M1 Carbine made by Auto Ordnance (KAHR). I think they are one of the handiest little guns there are. Lighter than a full size rifle, with more power and accuracy than a handgun. How can you go wrong. There isn't anything quite like it.

[CZ-75A]

Originally posted by fowler
I guess the young bloods have wrote off the M-1,M-2 carbine,You don,t see that much about them in the new magazines or young fellows with them,mostly gray hairs. Back in the late 60,s and early 70,s I would see them all over the place, with our group of collectors and shooters included A young Chagrin Falls cop Gary Johnston who is a gun rag writer now. Those were the mecca of collector grade guns shows. A mint carbine could be had for near $200.

Could it be the extraordinary prices folks want for M-1s now? $600 and up isn't uncommon and those aren't mint either.

[RON WAYNE]

Talk about mint, I have an original WWII paratrooper carbine made by Inland and Inland barrel date of 1/45 in about 99% condition that I aquired from a neighbor friend of mine ( who is a grey hair but I'm not Im only 32. No bayo lug, numbers on the buttplate, and not a scratch on her. This is one of 3 I own and sadly will probably end up selling soon as much as I hate to because I will never own one again. I just love the carbines and Garands they came from a period of time when America cared about the quality of weapons it's soldiers carried.

[thisaway]

It's a Winchester, ser# 129xxxx. It has the typical rebuild parts, but I already have a bunch of the restoration parts which I need, so I guess I'll turn it back into a "WW2" carbine again.

My other is a Saginaw which I restored last year. I swore I'd never restore another one, but I can't seem to stop myself...sigh...;Q

[Bill73]

I collect the old slab side .45s, but I had to have a carbine because I carried one , along with a .45, in the 50s (yes a gray head). Mine came with a Winchester barrel, receiver, op rod, bolt and trigger group.


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