M1 Carbine!
M1 Carbine!
Just received a 1943 M1 Carbine with 5 magazines in perfect condition. This was used by my great grandfather in Korea! Has been in family and I’m debating wether I even want to shoot it or just have it he a wall hanger. In literal perfect condition. Wondering if anyone has any tips and tricks for these or interesting information?
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I'd take it out and shoot it in his honor a time or two a year. No real tips other than clean and lube it like you would any other firearm. They're very fun, and pleasant to shoot. 30 Carbine to me is basically a pistol round from a rifle. I can't see how you'd ever damage it with normal plinking.
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Cool, you will not hurt the war baby by shooting it, but you can damage it with cleaning. Like the M1 Garand these must be cleaned from the front, and that can lead to wear on the crown area of the bore. Wear in this part of the barrel will degrade the carbines accuracy. Acquire and use the muzzle protector while sawing the cleaning rod in and out of the bore. It will look like this, but there are many styles out there for you to pick one that works best
https://www.octobercountry.com/rod-guides/
https://www.octobercountry.com/rod-guides/
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About .75c per round is the only damage you can do by shooting that baby. I'd rather shoot mine that any rifle I have, they are one fine weapon. If nobody has messed with the adjustments, I bet it's sighted in. Who was the maker on that one ? You got some ammo? Liberty tree has bayonets.
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Hello,
Yes, the makers mark is on the receiver under the rear sight; you should be able to see it. Are there any stampings on the stock? By the time of the Korean war they were mixed matched pound puppies. Can you show any pictures of markings and stamps on rifle and stock?.
Yes, the makers mark is on the receiver under the rear sight; you should be able to see it. Are there any stampings on the stock? By the time of the Korean war they were mixed matched pound puppies. Can you show any pictures of markings and stamps on rifle and stock?.
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As has been said before, in WW2 and the Korean conflict, the troops would clean and reassemble their weapons en masse with no regard to which rifle might be reassembled...having served more than 60 years ago, I remember my troops and staff field officers stripping their weapons, pitching the sub-assemblies into a general pile where other troops would work on cleaning and inspecting those parts, and then reassemble and pass them back in the general direction from which they had come......these were weapons designed to look alike, be alike, shoot alike, be cleaned alike, reassembled alike and KEEP ON FIRING DOWNRANGE.....
These ole warhorses are to be treated with respect.........
These ole warhorses are to be treated with respect.........