M1 Carbine: Milsurp or new Auto Ord?

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Thinking of getting an M1. Should I get a new, non-restricted or a milsurp? What are some of the issues in the new Auto Orodnance models?
 
I picked up an Auto-Ord Carbine a month or two ago and I'm pretty happy with it. Fired a couple of boxes through it and didn't have any malfunctions. My only wish is that it came with nicer adjustable rear sight instead of the flip ones. I'll end up replacing it at some point, but for now, it's a fun little blinker!
 
Potshot21 said:
I picked up an Auto-Ord Carbine a month or two ago and I'm pretty happy with it. Fired a couple of boxes through it and didn't have any malfunctions. My only wish is that it came with nicer adjustable rear sight instead of the flip ones. I'll end up replacing it at some point, but for now, it's a fun little blinker!
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the Original USGI m1 carbines had the flip rear sights adjustable were upgrades honestly set the sight up and you never move it on these guns
 
contact148 said:
the Original USGI m1 carbines had the flip rear sights adjustable were upgrades honestly set the sight up and you never move it on these guns
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I thought I had read that the early production Carbines had the adjustable rear sights, but as production ramped up and material supplies dwindled, they changed out the more labour intensive adjustable ones for the simple flip sights.

I know once its adjusted I'll likely never touch it again, but I still want to have one so I can dial it in a better to make POA with POI
 
my carbine is 1942 may ...it shoots extremely well its as issued but the notches for the slide portion of the rear sight were to far apart so more were added in between to allow great grouping at 100 yds with the least expensive factory ammo i shot it in our military shoot last year and did great against all good luck
 
Potshot21 said:
I thought I had read that the early production Carbines had the adjustable rear sights, but as production ramped up and material supplies dwindled, they changed out the more labour intensive adjustable ones for the simple flip sights.

I know once its adjusted I'll likely never touch it again, but I still want to have one so I can dial it in a better to make POA with POI
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Nope. Flip sights were first, then the adjustable.
 
The new production M1 carbines are ok in quality but the original ww2 guns were better built. There has been quite a few makers of these guns since, some are as good as the ww2 guns some are poor. There is a pretty good website that goes into alot of detail regarding the different M1 carbines. Lots of info there. ht tp://www.m1carbinesinc.com/index.html
 
B said:
Seems hard to find a nice rebarelled M1..?
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Given all the recent crap going on with the ban and no one knowing what else is on their radar, most people are probably more apt to hang onto to any semi that's NR, as its likely not in Uncle Bilie's database.
 
It's to bad that they won't export carbine parts from America. There is a lot of them and in new condition
I remember buying parts in the 1970's, New parts,wood, assy's. Then they stopped allowing it.
You could take a real nice German Border Police carbine and match it all up, because they came almost matching at the time
 
Get an original and get it re barrelled its the best and you will feel good about it and repops are cheap and have issues so do it an do it hard go for broke
 
howard2 said:
The new production M1 carbines are ok in quality but the original ww2 guns were better built. There has been quite a few makers of these guns since, some are as good as the ww2 guns some are poor. There is a pretty good website that goes into alot of detail regarding the different M1 carbines. Lots of info there. ht tp://www.m1carbinesinc.com/index.html
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How about the restricted M1 Israeli sulprus polymer stock quality?
 
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