I have a gold plated one from Universal. folks have warned me that some of them were known to fire out of battery. Mine is of an older generation when many GI parts were used, and less likely to do so. But it's still hard to trust it...

I'd LOVE a good (and trustworthy) M1 Carbine. It's an exce;;ent up close rifle. It's light and hits as hard as a 357 Magnum, with good loads. Corbon has a DPX for it now, and Gold Dot has a load out too.

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