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Currently US $683 First bid $500 Quantity 1 # of bids 5 Time left 14d 16h 1m 37s+ Started 2024-11-06 00:00:00 Ends 2024-12-05 17:00:00

Winchester, Model: M1 Carbine, Cal: .30 Carbine, MFG: 1943-44, S/N: 5607225, Semi-auto rifle, 18'' barrel.

CONDITION: The semi-pistol grip wood stock is excellent. This is a modern CMP replacement stock with no military markings. The parkerized metal finish has been re-finished at some point by a arsenal & rates 90% on the receiver & 85% on the barrel with areas of thinning & light scratches. The front receiver bridge is marked ''U.S.CARBINE'', ''CAL. .30M1''. The rear of the receiver is marked ''WINCHESTER'', & the S/N. the top end of the barrel is marked ''W''. All marking are lightly faded due to being buffed & re-parkerized. The bore is excellent. Its bright & mirror like with little to no visible wear. The barrel holds a wide blade front sight with protective wings. The rear of the receiver holds a fully adjustable aperture rear sight. The stock carried a checkered steel buttplate. Rifle comes with oiler bottle, modern reproduction tan canvas sling, & one 15 Rd. mag marked ''IA''. 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. FFL or C&R Req. - Value: 1000 to 2000

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Winchester, Model: M1 Carbine, Cal: .30 Carbine, MFG: 1943-44, S... Item # 4319 Current bid: US $683   Bid increment: US $35 Your minimum bid or spread bid: (Minimum bid: $718) (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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