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The Great American M-1 Carbine

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Talyn

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The M-1 Carbine is perhaps the most misunderstood and underappreciated American small arm of World War II. Constantly, and wrongly, compared to the iconic M-1 Garand battle rifle, uninformed critics deride the Carbine as underpowered and unreliable. Both of those characterizations are incorrect. In fact, the Carbine performed its intended job so well that its role was expanded far beyond its original purpose.

The Army Ordnance Department wasn’t interested in the Light Rifle until the fighting of 1939-40 showed the German Army’s penchant for bursting into its opponents’ rear areas with little or no warning. The need for a better personal defense weapon quickly became apparent.

The new rifle was envisioned essentially as a sidearm, the new cartridge was developed as a suped-up pistol round with a straight walled case. The Army based what became the .30 Carbine round on the .32 Winchester self-loading cartridge,

Submissions had to meet the following basic requirements:
  • Be chambered for the .30 Carbine cartridge
  • Have an effective range of at least 300 yards
  • Have a semi-automatic operating system and a detachable box magazine
  • Weigh 5 lbs. or less
The M-1 Carbine, as adopted in 1941, was not select fire, though that capability was added in 1945 in the updated M-2 Carbine.

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The Great American M-1 Carbine

The M-1 Carbine is perhaps the most misunderstood and underappreciated American small arm of World War II. Constantly, and wrongly,
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My mother-in-law gave this to me after my father-in-law passed away a year and a half ago from agent orange exposure while he was in Vietnam. It is well worn, and I won't shoot it anymore. My plan is to put it in a display case with accessories to honor my father-in-law. While he was a decorated Combat Infantryman in Vietnam, he grew up watching WW II movies and
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really loved the M1 Carbine.
 
OldGrunt said:
My mother-in-law gave this to me after my father-in-law passed away a year and a half ago from agent orange exposure while he was in Vietnam. It is well worn, and I won't shoot it anymore. My plan is to put it in a display case with accessories to honor my father-in-law. While he was a decorated Combat Infantryman in Vietnam, he grew up watching WW II movies andView attachment 88765 really loved the M1 Carbine.
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French Paratroopers in Indochina loved the carbine also.
 
They are sexy bitches... and i always wanted one and pretty much every WWdeuce type(war or unused) gun but i could only afford video gane or miniature versions and those type of real guns are evil where i used to live...
 
My Standard Product carbine had to have the barrel replaced. Still a G.I. part, but a 1970s replacement. Since collectability was pretty much gone. I decided to bring the old war horse into the 21st Century. 😁

https://imgur.com/eOWxsbB

Now before y'all get your panties all in a twist, I do have all the original parts and can swap it back to original at any time. ;)
 
Grayfox said:
My Standard Product carbine had to have the barrel replaced. Still a G.I. part, but a 1970s replacement. Since collectability was pretty much gone. I decided to bring the old war horse into the 21st Century. 😁

https://imgur.com/eOWxsbB

Now before y'all get your panties all in a twist, I do have all the original parts and can swap it back to original at any time. ;)
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I think that's still stuck in the 20th, with the new barrel replacement and the "mods" it's more like the...

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;):unsure:
 
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