MMM M1 Carbine ( Inland ) Arrived and More PICTURES...

Still trying to figure who manufactured the bolt, op rod and trigger mech.

Not sure if it Winchester or Maxxi.

Thinking Winchester.
 
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Nice looking carbine. It has gone through an arsenal rebuild, hence all the mixed parts. Only original Inland parts left, as far as I can tell from your pics, are receiver, rear sight, and barrel. If the front sight has a letter "N" behind the post, then that's Inland too. The bayonet lug barrel band, and the flip safety were added post WW II. The original Inland came out of the factory in March or April 1944, based on the S/N.

The flat bolt, and slide marked "W" are Winchester, "N" on your trigger housing is National Postal Meter, SG on the recoil plate is for Saginaw, a division of GM. If that's "SW" on the hammer, it's a Standard Products. All WW II contractors.

A little hard to tell from the pics, but I think you have a pot-belly stock, which would have been added after the post war rebuild (maybe a former owner did this, along with the metal handguard??). It appears to have a slot cut, in the area on the left side of where the receiver ring is, for the M2 select fire selector. Look in the slingwell for any marks, if there is none, then it's more than likely a commercial stock.

Potentially, a real nice shooter.

Hope this info helps
 
Manteo97 said:
Nice looking carbine. It has gone through an arsenal rebuild, hence all the mixed parts. Only original Inland parts left, as far as I can tell from your pics, are receiver, rear sight, and barrel. If the front sight has a letter "N" behind the post, then that's Inland too. The bayonet lug barrel band, and the flip safety were added post WW II. The original Inland came out of the factory in March or April 1944, based on the S/N.

The flat bolt, and slide marked "W" are Winchester, "N" on your trigger housing is National Postal Meter, SG on the recoil plate is for Saginaw, a division of GM. If that's "SW" on the hammer, it's a Standard Products. All WW II contractors.

A little hard to tell from the pics, but I think you have a pot-belly stock, which would have been added after the post war rebuild (maybe a former owner did this, along with the metal handguard??). It appears to have a slot cut, in the area on the left side of where the receiver ring is, for the M2 select fire selector. Look in the slingwell for any marks, if there is none, then it's more than likely a commercial stock.

Potentially, a real nice shooter.

Hope this info helps
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Think maybe went into Korea or Vietnam? Hence the rebuild.

Yeah I cannot find nothing on the bayonet lug or the stock. I just bought a HI stamped 4 Rivet hand guard for it. Guess the M2 stock will be replaced.
 
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If you have an interest in restoring it Inland parts are the easiest to find as they made the most Carbines of all the makers.
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Not really have interest in making it all Inland. More like trying to keep it to WW2 or manufacture year. I read other companies made parts, that Inland didn't, so wasn't uncommon to see miss matched.
 
Well its slightly darker but no more metal handguard. HI Stamped 4 rivet.

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