M1A1 30 cal carbine paratrooper model

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Hi I have sourced out an M1A1 30 cal carbine with a folding stock, manufactured by Quality H.M.C. My question is how rare are they up here in Canada. It is as far as I can tell original. Thanks for any feedback.
 
I may be wrong; but I believe ALL M1A1 's were Inland only. A real folding paratrooper M1 carbine would be a rare bird up North. Lots of clones running around ; maybe more clones than originals left now .

J.W.
 
Factory M1A1s were only made by Inland. It may be a Quality in a real M1A1 stock, in which case it may be a US Army 1950s rebuild or it may be a put together, and there's no way to be sure. More likely it's a repro stock, sorry.
 
one thing I have learned about M1 carbines is that Unless your Daddy or grand Daddy brought it home with him from WW II in his duffel bag and kept it; they were rebuilt and gone over at various armories for Korea; then collected again and re-built for Nam; then collected again and rebuilt and sold surplus to various countries or sold to the public thru the CMP. Then there were the M1 carbine returns from Europe ; sold last a few years ago thru CMP
I always take the word original with M1 carbine with a grain of salt. They were a mixmaster when ORIGINALLY put together and that was the plan by the War Dept.
Be careful with your cash and M1 carbines for Collector values.

J.W.
 
What are the tell tale signs that Grand Daddy's M1 is an original build rather than a reissue re-build?
Thanks in advance
John Wesley Hardin said:
one thing I have learned about M1 carbines is that Unless your Daddy or grand Daddy brought it home with him from WW II in his duffel bag and kept it; they were rebuilt and gone over at various armories for Korea; then collected again and re-built for Nam; then collected again and rebuilt and sold surplus to various countries or sold to the public thru the CMP. Then there were the M1 carbine returns from Europe ; sold last a few years ago thru CMP
I always take the word original with M1 carbine with a grain of salt. They were a mixmaster when ORIGINALLY put together and that was the plan by the War Dept.
Be careful with your cash and M1 carbines for Collector values.

J.W.
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Fkawee said:
What are the tell tale signs that Grand Daddy's M1 is an original build rather than a reissue re-build?
Thanks in advance
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You may want to consider picking up some books on the subject. I would start with Bruce Canfields book.

I have been on the market for an original for a while now, I already have an early Inland from the period they were converted but no M1A1 yet - they take a lot of patience to find and there are LOTS of fakes.

Ultimately it will come down to lots of research and an in hand inspection by very experienced eyes to know if you've found the real deal.

-Steve
 
I've got an original M1A1 that I honestly sort of fell ass backwards into, and that was exactly the story. Dad brought it back from the war in his (well, actually his battalion commanders) duffle bag. I dont normally believe those stories but in this case I don't see how else it could have stayed original.

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Another thing you have to remember is that the M1 Carbine was a US service rifle and only Canadian troops serving under American command in the Second World War - such as the 13th Canadian Brigade in the Aleutians, the members of the First Special Service Force, or the Canadian Army Pacific Force - all trained with and carried US Army weapons. In Korea again, some Canadian battalions equipped themselves to a large degree with US weapons, the M1 carbine being especially popular among Canadians.
So how many Canadian soldiers were armed with the original issue M1 carbine during WWII ? and a paratrooper model to boot?? The odds would be few. Probably more Korean conflict bring backs.
 
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