Mags for M -1 carbine

[Phenix]

Greyman50, is right. I collected carbines and associated equipment for about 10 years. I have seven reference books on the subject. Never have to many!
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Have you ever seen one with a chromed bore?
I have one, an Inland, and it is the only one I have ever seen. Not an aftermarket barrel.
I found a book reference on the subject. Was curious if what you must know about that agrees with what I read.

 

[AJ]

Have you ever seen one with a chromed bore?
I have one, an Inland, and it is the only one I have ever seen. Not an aftermarket barrel.
I found a book reference on the subject. Was curious if what you must know about that agrees with what I read.

Can't say that I have. May have been some made like that for test guns. Will look in my reference books to see if any are mentioned.

 

[Greyman50]

A young collector picked up a Presentation 30 Cal. Carbine at a local show. Widow was selling off her late husbands guns and he happened to walk by table as she put it out. She didn't know what it was and had less than $2K on it. He didn't know exactly what is was but he bought it and brought it to my tables. IIRC had " War Baby" and we looked it up, Very nice and Rare. He felt like he had the " goose that laid the golden egg". I joked him he took it home, put it on his bed and rolled and rubbed on it like a dog , LOL….

 

[RebCop]

I've got a IAI M-1 Carbine in 5.7 Johnson with a lot of ammo. The creator of the round is the same Johnson of the semi rifle and MG from WW2. This round was created to convert Air Force carbines to a hi velocity .22 and save them some money. They went with the AR. It shoots a 45 grn bullet at around 2,700 fps and I love it. It's a little heavier because of the thicker barrel.

 

[barkerwc]

I have used the Korean 15 and 30 round magazines with success in my two USGI and 4 rebuilt Plainfield carbines. The Plainfields were rebuilt with all USGI NOS stock parts that included new in the wrap Underwood postwar round bolts.

 

[Dave Haynes]

The 5 round hunting magazines that are seen were just cut down 30 rd mags. They have the hold open followers. The hard back mags are good, the split backs not so much. Some quality 30 rounders were made marked with a Castle? or building? Maker unknown. If you try to use 30 rounders without the late mag catch, the loaded mag will flop all over and still work but will probably have FtoF and jams. I just don't understand how making a beautiful handy carbine into an unbalanced heavy weapon is any improvement? In an M2 yes but in a 5.5lb standard why? Re: chrome lined barrel? Are you sure? Late 44 Inland was using anything they could find and even used some previously rejected barrels that still worked fine. Shallow rifling like a .45 barrel looked different than a standard barrel made by Underwood, IBM or Rockola. After April 44 Inland and Winchester were left making the last Carbines and all of the M2s. They both use parts bought from the other makers who had their contracts cancelled. Inland's peak production was Nov 43 when they made 121,000 in one month.