Non-restricted M1 Carbine barrels

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I've been looking everywhere but I seem to be looking for hens' teeth: I'm trying to find a non-restricted length barrel for an M1 Carbine to take mine out of restricted status. Don't worry, it's a post-war manufacturer by Plainfield -- I'm not bubba'ing a "legit" M1 Carbine.

Anyone know of anything anywhere in the country?
 
##### armoury had them a while back.i baught 3 of them.brace yourself,they're not cheap.if i recall they were 375$ US
 
barrells were in the white.i had to parkerize them.a while back tradex had some at 169$ but those were parkerized.i baught 3 of those also.
.they sold out and they never brought any more in.i asked them if they were gonna bring any more in and they said no.
 
Not sure if they all are, if you find one it may be "short chambered" and will also need the expense of a smith with a pull through reamer. There is a "work around" on this that is very safe & doable if you reload (factory length brass wont chamber fully), you will need to trim your brass back a bit, In my case it was 12 thou or so...basically you are "wildcatting" your brass to fit the chamber as delivered. It works and is safe in the gun you shorten them for but will have a bit of headspace in a factory chambered rifle.

The "Tradex" barrel I installed on my '42 Underwood indexed perfectly for gas valve/slide line-up so that made installation very easy. Another point i will make to a do-it-yourselfer is head the advise that you will need a poppet nut remover tool to safely remove the gas valve poppet with out damaging it. I made my own tool (piece of drill rod, drill & bits and a hacksaw all that is needed, harden & temper the tool after its built) but i think they can be purchased.
 
dgradinaru said:
Say, Winchester made. Good condition with very good bore.
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It should have an excellent bore, unless the owner put 5k or more rounds down the bore.

GOOD IS VAGUE. % works much better. I know you understand your firearms conditions and ''good'' is just to wide for a good description.

*GOOD - Working condition, but finish may be quite worn from sustained use or carry. Wear on working surfaces. Could have some pitting or light corrosion / freckling, and dings or scratches, but they should not interfere with function. May have dark, worn bore. This is the usual condition that surplus guns are graded.
Modern guns = 50-60%, Old guns = 30-50%

As per this description, IMHO, $750+
 
gaff said:
there are gunsmiths in Canada able to make nonrestricted M1 carbine barrels.
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When Universal first started producing their version of the M1 Carbine, they used "SLEEVED" barrels. Look it up if you don't believe it.

They bought up thousands of surplus barrels that had been cut off, just after the gas port and op rod guided portion of the barrels.

They took those barrels, drilled them out to accept new 30 cal sleeves by sweating them into place and using a bit of soft solder to keep them in place.

I read up on how they did this and it's very easy to duplicate. I've done several myself and it's easier than it sounds. The next one I do, will be in 9mm, if I can find a barrel long enough. Not as easy as it should be.
 
fingers284 said:
It would be a snap to install a solid barrel with no gas port and manually operate the bolt...not optimum but very easy option.
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It only takes a few minutes with a hand drill, to drill out the gas port, after the barrel has been sleeved.

Solid barrels just turn the great little carbine into a straight pull, bolt action.
 
Pakg said:
Paid 800$ 3 weeks ago with an underfolding stock that doesn't lock anymore. But its one of the ones kept in germany with the mauser like rear sight. That sucks as well.
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Most of those can be returned to GI - if you look really, really closely, you'll see that they typically filled the rear sight dovetail with a very carefully machined plug.
 
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