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Currently US $604 First bid $400 Quantity 1 # of bids 4 Time left 14d 16h 13m 44s+ Started 2024-11-06 00:00:00 Ends 2024-12-05 17:00:00

Inland Division, Model: M1A1 Carbine, Cal: .30 Carbine, MFG: mid 1943, S/N: 528867, Semi-auto rifle, 18'' barrel.

CONDITION: The pistol grip, walnut stock with wire folding buttstock is excellent. The stock is a modern replacement with no cartouches or firing proofs. The metal has been buffed & re-parkerized, as such it rates 98% overall. The receiver band is marked ''U.S.CARBINE'', ''CAL. 30 M1''. The rear of the receiver is marked ''INLAND DIV'' & the S/N. the top end of the barrel is marked ''INLAND MFG DIV'', ''GENERAL MOTORS, ''3-44''. The barrel band is marked ''KI''. The bore is very good, its bright with light spots of roughness & light thinning to rifling. The barrel holds a wide blade front sight with protective wings. The rear of the receiver has a fully adjustable aperture rear sight. The wire stock carries a folding cast steel, checkered buttplate. Rifle has oiler bottle in wire stock. Rifle comes with correct green canvas sling. Does not come with a mag. FFL or C&R Req.

HISTORY: The M1 carbine was a response to the modern Blitzkrieg tactics used by the Germans, & for the reports that the full-size M1 rifle was too heavy and cumbersome for most support troops (staff, artillerymen, radiomen, etc.) to carry. with the fast breakthrough attacks, the rear line troops like truck drivers, medics, cooks, etc., might get into fights with enemy infantry. With these people having pistols & SMG's they were not really equipped to deal with people with rifles. The US had to come up with a small lightweight weapon that would not get in the way of other duty's, but still could engage combatants effectively at & past 100 yards. The cartridge & rifle were designed by Winchester, the rifle specially had many important parts designed by David Marshall ''Carbine'' Williams. He came up with the short-stroke gas piston design on the rifle & adapted the M1 Garands bolt & op Rod design to Winchester earlier G30 Rifle designed by John Browning's half brother Jonathan ''Ed'' Browning after it failed the Marine Corps' semi-automatic rifle trials in 1940. Winchester would take this design & scale it down to meet the weigh requirement of 5 or less lbs., & do it in 13 days, & is basically be the rifle we have today. It would be refined a little more after more tests & would be adopted by the military October 22, 1941. The M1 carbine would be produced by many different manufactures from July 1942 to August 1945 with a little over 6.1 Million rifles made, making the M1 carbine the most produced rifle by the US in WW2, all done in 3 years which is a massive feat & a testament to the US production power at the time. The M1A1 variant was made specially for paratroopers & was only made by Inland. There were only two contracts given for the M1A1, the first contract guns were shipped between October 1942-43 with 71,000 rifles. The second contract was between May & December 1944 & was less than 70,000 made. FFL or C&R Req. - Value: 800 to 1600

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Inland Division, Model: M1A1 Carbine, Cal: .30 Carbine, MFG: mid... Item # 4318 Current bid: US $604   Bid increment: US $31 Your minimum bid or spread bid: (Minimum bid: $635) (Do not include a dollar sign in your bid amount)   Your bid is a contract - Place a bid only if you're serious about buying the item. If you are the winning bidder, you will enter into a legally binding contract to purchase the item from the seller.

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