Universal M1 Carbines - 1969 catalog

I think* it's obvious what inspired Bill Ruger and the Mini-14. I've never even seen an M1C in real life, how different are they? I've had several Mini-14s and several M14/M305.
 
Silverado said:
I think* it's obvious what inspired Bill Ruger and the Mini-14. I've never even seen an M1C in real life, how different are they? I've had several Mini-14s and several M14/M305.
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The M1C is a sniper version of the Garand.

An M1 Carbine is just a simpler Mini 14. The bolt is sloppier, the stock finish isn't as precise, and the back sight isn't much. But they do shoot quite well.
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
The M1C is a sniper version of the Garand.

An M1 Carbine is just a simpler Mini 14. The bolt is sloppier, the stock finish isn't as precise, and the back sight isn't much. But they do shoot quite well.
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Thx, didn't know I was mis-using the model lingo.

Do they compare differently to the Ruger 44 carbine and Deerfield in the action?
 
Silverado said:
Thx, didn't know I was mis-using the model lingo.

Do they compare differently to the Ruger 44 carbine and Deerfield in the action?
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Are the 44 and Deerfield rotating bolts or blowbacks, like the 10/22? I know what the Ruger 44 looks like in profile, but not in detail.
 
Rotating bolts with a fairly flat profile through the body. The Deerfield esp with the rotary mag is terrific.

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I had one but sold it about 5 years ago.Fun gun .It was no different than the M1 carbine I used to have before they made them restricted. Stupid government at its finest.
 
I was lucky to get a Universal Carbine that was made in 1963, second year of production, built with Military M1 Carbine parts and a "pot bellied stock"
 
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I got an odd one, early low digit S/N, all USGI except receiver and barrel. Barrel is 12 groove Marlin micro groove looking thing... always ran like a champ, and fairly accurate.
 
Hitzy said:
I got an odd one, early low digit S/N, all USGI except receiver and barrel. Barrel is 12 groove Marlin micro groove looking thing... always ran like a champ, and fairly accurate.
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Must be a 62 or 61 , universal, those used gi trigger groups too, 63 like mine was the first year of universals own alloy trigger group, which is really good quality, only its aluminium
 
The model 1003 got a bad rep. but this was mostly due to new owners of the company making very poor decisions to further cut corners on production to lower the unit cost and make a better profit margin.The original owner of the company, who brought the 1003 to fruition devoted a lot of his effort on recall work and prioritized warranty work when he was in a position to do so. Numrich has a lot of parts for these, the whole lot was probably shipped straight to them when the company assets were liquidated. Too bad. 😒🙄

I remember when these could be bought at the sports counter at Woolco.
 
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