M1 carbine
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Not as many around due to them being restricted and you can't do much of anything with 'em. You do have an RPAL? However, Marstar(Ontario) recently sold a milsurp Inland for $325. Give you an idea of value.
There are a few different commercial carbines too. If you see a late model(Two return springs, a toggle for the bolt hold open and a very poorly made stamped op handle.)Universal, pass.
There are a few different commercial carbines too. If you see a late model(Two return springs, a toggle for the bolt hold open and a very poorly made stamped op handle.)Universal, pass.
$325 is a little on the low side of prices that I've seen too. If I had seen the Marstar one up for sale before it was sold it would have been mine.
hardest part is barrel, its not just a pipe and requires some milling. I know there was short production run of non-restricted barrels down south but no one will ship M1 carbine parts across the border. So if its restricted its a real pain to reclassify as cost of custom made barrel will be astronomical. I have seen some on EE restricted and priced about 600$. Ammo is another pain in a butt and if you have one and if you manage to non-restrict it you will pretty much have to reload your own ammo. Not something you can get in Walmart. And then after all the battle it is very marginal cartridge for hunting. Say, expensive useless toy. Well, I know because I have one just like that 
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M1 pump
In the spring, a guy at the range showed me an M1 carbine that had been converted to pump action! As it was no longer semi-auto, he could use the non-pinned mags. The downside is he had to re-register the gun, but it was worth the hassel for him.
Geoff
In the spring, a guy at the range showed me an M1 carbine that had been converted to pump action! As it was no longer semi-auto, he could use the non-pinned mags. The downside is he had to re-register the gun, but it was worth the hassel for him.
Geoff
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Bits of Pieces,out of Delta B.C. use to de-restrict M-1s with a barrel slive,if you look on their web site under "Galley" and then look in the "Sub-albums" on the right ,M-1 Carbine project,they have pics of his work.
... Not unless they were "originally manufactured" for his special pump-action type. When it comes to mags, it doesn't matter what you use 'em in, it's what they were originally built for that counts.
"...converted to pump action..." Have a how-to around here some place. Change the gas piston to a solid plug and make a fore end that attaches to the op rod. The fore end is the hard part. Not terribly so though.
There's one for making it a straight pull bolt action too. That one is far easier. You just change the gas piston to a solid plug. Said plug would have to be custom made, but that's not difficult with a lathe.
The mags still have to be pinned. They're evil all by themselves.
There's one for making it a straight pull bolt action too. That one is far easier. You just change the gas piston to a solid plug. Said plug would have to be custom made, but that's not difficult with a lathe.
The mags still have to be pinned. They're evil all by themselves.
