Very rough M1 carbine still seeing active duty
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Kayser Sose
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wow.
why are old implements like this one so intriguing?
why are old implements like this one so intriguing?
I won't pay a penny more than $950, and we have to split shipping.
They still like suppressed Grease guns in the Philippine Marines:
A 100% milsurp army would be great!
“The side with the simplest guns and uniforms usually wins the war." - Clint Smith.
They still like suppressed Grease guns in the Philippine Marines:
A 100% milsurp army would be great!
“The side with the simplest guns and uniforms usually wins the war." - Clint Smith.
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Can't see the selector side, but it could easily be one - it was very common (and legal even for civilians until recently) in the Philippines to convert M1's to M2's. Recent changes in the law have made rifle calibre FA's illegal for civvies - though SMG's are fine. Lots of mil. M1's were converted too.
Travis Bickle
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Jesus Christ, get some oil on that thing! 
Jesus Christ, get some oil on that thing!
I would if it was mine..........
I am asking my contacts if there are any VG to EX condition, non bubba'd, non re-finished, all matching M1 Garands and if yes how much they would cost.
I figure bringing back an M1 to Canada wouldn't be overly difficult.
Chuckbuster
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I betch'a you could accumulate a lot of requests from "friends" in that regard!
Getting an M1 Rifle out of the PI will likely be more of an issue. A Carbine(that one looks like it's been buried in a swamp. Bet it's a post war refurbished too. Korea vintage or even Viet Nam.) would have to be registered first. Don't think that'd be a big deal though.
A few yrs ago I was visiting the Tula ruins in Mexico and noticed that 2 security guards were armed with M1 Carbines sans rear sights. They looked pretty grim as well, kind of like the AK47s that the security guards outside my apt in Damascus used to carry.
I've seen a few that had the wood in that area taken out with a rasp, the only way to tell on Filipino guns is to look for a selector. Bubba is Filipino for gunsmith
The Vietnamese converted M1 carbines to 7.62x25 - they had lots of them from when they beat the French. Howa of Japan produced GI spec carbines in the '60's after serving as the rebuild depot for the US during the Korean War.
They are not issuing m1 Garand and m1 carbine rifles in the Philippines because they have no large stocks
of ammo. I spent three years trying to get these guns. Have a cd somewhere of all the guns stored in warehouses.
Someone cut the storage bags to check the serial numbers on new rifles and let the rust in. They were cutting them
up with finance provided by the Americans. Everything from mint 1903s to m16's.
of ammo. I spent three years trying to get these guns. Have a cd somewhere of all the guns stored in warehouses.
Someone cut the storage bags to check the serial numbers on new rifles and let the rust in. They were cutting them
up with finance provided by the Americans. Everything from mint 1903s to m16's.
