I was armed with an M2 back in the early 1950s in the 36th Div. TxNG. Fortunately, I never had to shoot anything more aggressive than paper but I loved the carbine. After each qualification the RO gave a case of ammo to each of us who had an M2 and sent us to the end of the range to burn it.

My first exposure to the .30 Carbine was back in WWII when a GI friend of my dads brought two of them to our ranch. We used a hacksaw to cut an "X" in the nose of the ball ammo (field expedient expanding ammo). As I recall, we took a couple of whitetails with them while he was visiting.

Bob