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![]() We will never share, sell, or rent individual personal information with anyone without your advance permission or unless ordered by a court of law. Information submitted to us is only available to employees managing this information for purposes of contacting you or sending you emails based on your request for information and to contracted service providers for purposes of providing services relating to our communications with you. You will not be able to bid in this auction without registering. As this is written, my cheek is gleefully stained with linseed oil (either that or I have jaundice) from test-firing the M1 Carbine and M1A1 Paratrooper Carbines as made today by Inland Manufacturing in Dayton, Ohio. The guns look great and capture the nostalgia and function of the originals made from 1942 to 1945 ( read an earlier review by B. Gil Horman here and watch a video of it being fired at SHOT Show 2015 ). But carbines go much further than their use by the Greatest Generation during World War II. Here are some things you may or may not have known about the gun that started out as the U.S. Armys Light Rifle. The M1 Carbine as a round is ballistically effective. Remember, the M1 Carbine was designed to replace the M1911A1 in the hands of support troops, machine gunners, etc., whoever did not need a full-size rifle. No one doubts it is better than a pistol at any but the shortest of ranges, and, unlike Marines at Frozen Chosin, you can use modern defensive ammo. Audie Murphy, used a field phone, a.50-cal. M2 Browning and an M1 Carbine when he fought off a German combined arms attack pretty much by himself on Jan. During the early fighting in the Vietnam War, our main enemythe Viet Congarmed entire units the M1 and M2 Carbines, guns they took from the French, then from ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) and local forces of the South Vietnamese. The AK-47 become more common as more and more NVA got into the fight. It was the only gun made specifically for U.S. Airborne Forces during World War II. The M1A1 carbine with its pistol grip and folding metal stock was adopted in May 1942 specifically for use of American Airborne troops. Inland was the only original maker (others were later converted in the overhaul system) and produced 140,591 during World War II. Okay, there is the Reising 55, too, but that is a story for another day. You cant get them surplus. The last big import wave of M1 Carbines came in from Blue Sky and Arlington Ordnance decades ago. In 1963, about 240,000 M1 Carbines were decommissioned and sold (without magazines) to NRA members for a 20 each (17.50 plus 2.50 SH). There is a large quantity of surplus carbines warehoused in South Korea, but there has been no success in getting them to our shores. Winchester made 828,059, followed by Underwood Elliott-Fisher at 545,616, Saginaw Steering Gear 517,212, IBM at 346,500, Standard Products at 247,000, Rock-Ola (yes, the juke box maker), with 228,500, Quality Hardware at 359,666, National Postal Meter at 413,017 and Irwin-Pedersen made a few thousand but had trouble. It was the U.S. militarys first night-time sniper rifle. When fitted with an ungainly infrared scope, the T3 Carbine was used as night-fighting weapon in the closing days of the Pacific Theatre of Operations during World War II. In the 1960s, Jim Cirillo, from the NYPDs Stake Out Squad, and author of Tales of the Stakeout Squad, used a NYPD-issue M1 Carbine with G.I. Cirillo was involved in more than 20 gunfights. Doubt the Carbines use for law enforcement You should ask one of the NYPDs top gunfighters. You can shoot the National Matches with one. During the National Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, the Civilian Marksmanship Program conducts the M1 Carbine Match to be sponsored this year by Inland Mfg., on July 21. Thats why the CMP match is fired at 100 yards. Carbines arent cheap. There are dedicated collectors groups (the Carbine Club) and books by Carbine historian Larry Ruth as well as Field Editor Bruce Canfield that have upped the collectability of the carbine greatly. Original carbines, especially in high condition, are rare, and they are a collecting field unto themselves Even beat up guns go upward of 700 these days. How ridiculous are the prices In 2008, an Inland M1A1 paratrooper Carbine with ironclad D-Day provenance sold at auction for 20,125.
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