A new manufacturer for the M1 Carbine.

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Hey all:) Long time lurker, first time poster:)

I finished up my PAL license course about a month ago and have been looking forward to purchasing an M14 when it finally arrives. My attraction to the weapon was sparked while watching an episode of 'Top Shot' where the contestants were using an M1A.

Anyhoo, I've read a lot about the necessary tweaks needed to get an M14 into proper shape. Since I'm new to guns I imagine I'd need to go to one of Hungry's Clinics in order to make sense of it all:)

This morning I read an article about the manufacturing of a new M1 Carbine with a price tag of around $900. Has anyone heard about this company/product before? I couldn't find anything, but wondered if it fared well in a 'straight out of the box' comparison with the Norinco M14.

At my current firearms knowledge level, the less tweaking I'd have to do, the better for everyone:)

Thanks to everyone who contributes to this forum. You're a great source of info....even if I don't understand everything you say:)

Neil

P.S. I believe this is the right forum for this, as it is my understanding that the M14 is a 'civilian' version of the M1. If I'm wrong, feel free to move this thread to the right place and call me names in your private emails:)
 
The M1, M1A and M14 are related (the M1A being the commercial variant of the M14, and the M1 Garand being the daddy of the M14), but the M1 carbine is something altogether different. It uses a totally different action, as well as a round of intermediate power, whereas most battle rifles use full power rounds (30/06, 7.62 Nato, etc).

That all aside, cool! I think I'd like an M1 Carbine if it came in a more popular loading.
 
adriel said:
The M1, M1A and M14 are related (the M1A being the commercial variant of the M14, and the M1 Garand being the daddy of the M14), but the M1 carbine is something altogether different. It uses a totally different action, as well as a round of intermediate power, whereas most battle rifles use full power rounds (30/06, 7.62 Nato, etc).

That all aside, cool! I think I'd like an M1 Carbine if it came in a more popular loading.
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"Totally different action" well, not exackly. It uses a very short stroke piston but the bolt and op-rod operates almost the same way as the M1 Garand or the M-14 series.

There were in excess of six million M1 Carbines made, if you look not so hard you will find one. Remember, due to it's 18" barrel it will be restricted!

Scott
 
adriel said:
The M1, M1A and M14 are related (the M1A being the commercial variant of the M14, and the M1 Garand being the daddy of the M14), but the M1 carbine is something altogether different. It uses a totally different action, as well as a round of intermediate power...
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The rotating bolt and op rod setup of the M1 carbine is virtually identical to that of the M1 Garand, and therefore the M14, and therefore the Mini-14. They are all descended from the Garand.
 
I handled an AO M1 carbine the other day. It seemed like a well made, faithful reproduction. The price tag is a little steep though, considering there are many originals floating around.
 
So MSRP is $816.00 USD so likely well over $1000 in Canada. A 17-3/4" barrel so still restricted. You can pick up geniune USGI models in decent shape for $600 to $700 bucks if you look hard enough and are willing to wait a bit. Not seeing all the excitement over this one.
 
I didn't read the whole article.. I stopped when I saw the dates 2001 and 2005. When was this written? And if it was available, I'd have guessed we'd have heard of it by now.

Has anyone verified this?
 
ghostntheshell said:
I didn't read the whole article.. I stopped when I saw the dates 2001 and 2005. When was this written? And if it was available, I'd have guessed we'd have heard of it by now.

Has anyone verified this?
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I believe the article is quite current. If you go to the home page of American Rifleman, it appears as one of their current articles.

The reference to 2001 is when they last did an article on the IVI M1 Carbine.
 
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