US M3 Carbine

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I'm not sure if it was one of you CGN milsurp fellas out there that snagged this M3 Carbine rig from Joe Salter this morning.

But if you did purchase it as a non-restricted firearm, I can assure you that it would be considered a restricted firearm.

https://joesalter.ca/products/us-m3-carbine-with-scope

EDIT: I now see that they have updated the website to show it as restricted. Whoever has end up with it has very neat piece of
M1 Carbine history.
 
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M3 carbines were built up on M2s.

The carbine in the photos seems to have a M2 selective fire switch. No doubt decorative only. Operating slide is M1. Ad says "no model mark". Hope there wasn't a M2 that was removed. Never heard of a US carbine that didn't have a M1 or M2 mark.

If the thing was ever selective fire, it would be 12-2 or 12-3. If a M2 mark was removed, there is a legal problem.

If it is restricted, then it is a made up representative specimen.
 
I agree, it will be built up as a representative example. Only Inland and Winchester manufactured carbines marked M2.

It's simply a standard Rock-Ola receiver mocked up with selector switch.
 
jibjedi said:
I agree, it will be built up as a representative example. Only Inland and Winchester manufactured carbines marked M2.

It's simply a standard Rock-Ola receiver mocked up with selector switch.
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originally yes but M1 carbines were converted to M2 by the military and some had the 1 stamped over with a 2.....
 
contact148 said:
originally yes but M1 carbines were converted to M2 by the military and some had the 1 stamped over with a 2.....
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I have read that the M2 kits were sent to armorers in the field and many rifles were converted without any other markings than they had when they left the factory.

The only indication was the selector lever protruding out of the cut out on the left side of the stock, beside the receiver ring.

When M1 Carbines were released as surplus, a lot of them came in the M2 modified stocks, with the M2 lever and bar kits removed. The sears were still in place but the rifles only functioned as semi autos. I had a few of them and neither of them had seen much use. They were in excellent condition, inside and out.

Every once in a while, one of these rifles still shows up.

Extremely simple conversion
 
I would be very interested to know when the buyer received that carbine, how many parts related to the full auto function
remained in the action. No pictures were shown of any internals and nothing was mentioned in the ad about the selector switch.

I've noticed in their previous sales of M1 carbines, they are not very well educated in regards to them. The fact that they had it listed for a
couple hours as non-restricted, before changing status to restricted, leaves me wondering if it should have been classified otherwise ....
 
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jibjedi said:
I would be very interested to know when the buyer received that carbine, how many parts related to the full auto function
remained in the action. No pictures were shown of any internals and nothing was mentioned in the ad about the selector switch.

I've noticed in their previous sales of M1 carbines, they are not very well educated in them. The fact that they had it listed for a
couple hours as non-restricted, before changing status to restricted, leaves me wondering if it should have been classified otherwise ....
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Look at the pics again, and click on a few. The selector lever is present in several of the pics.
 
Yes I see the selector. And that is exactly why I am curious as to whether or not that is the only part of the full auto
parts assembly, that remains in that carbine.
 
There are a lot of registered m2 military and Plainfield factory m2 full auto carbine's
Plainfield had a m2 carbine contract from the Saigon Vietnam Police and Canadian Police and Firearms Dealer's got in on buying new guns from the same contract
 
Let's hope that the switch is just a non-functional dummy installed to make the carbine appear to be correct for a M-2. Just like the inert selectors people installed on M305s.
 
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Full-auto parts or not, if it's marked M2, it's a converted auto, therefore prohibited.
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You are partly correct. Regardless of what set of parts it has in it, if the receiver alone is marked with an M2, originally or overstamped,
according to the regulations, that receiver and the serial number attached to it is considered prohibited. Ridiculous but true.
 
I donated my M3 Carbine to the Ashton Armoury Museum in Victoria, B.C. last year. The Infra-Red SNIPERSCOPE system is mounted on a genuine M2 Carbine which had been deactivated.

These were used in Korea by Americans, Canadians, Australians and likely by the British. I found their use mentioned in a Canadian sniper’s memoir. He described how their night patrol snuck up close to the Communist Chinese front line, and when they turned it on, the battery exploded or something along that line, and they beat a hasty retreat to the Canadian lines across the valley.
 
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