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According to the ebay seller the stocks were made by Alltamont for Ruger. The quality of the wood is quite high, mine has a lot of flame grain in the buttstock.
 

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There was an MP-40 style underfolder, back in the late 1970s, a very cool accessory. With that and the GI flash hider, a few 30-rounders, you had it going on.


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OkieStubble

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There was an MP-40 style underfolder, back in the late 1970s, a very cool accessory. With that and the GI flash hider, a few 30-rounders, you had it going on.

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The flash hider looks like a small Liberty Bell hanging from the end of the barrel. :)
 
My WWII vintage Inland M1 Carbine from CMP.

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They really do have iconic style, the carbines. Light, handy and useful.

Hm, needs to compare the carbine round with .300 BO; see the numbers. Obviously bullet weights aren't comparable, but. The idea is kinda the same - .30-good-enough.


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nortac

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I wonder if anyone has tried to make a custom .300 BO Ruger Mini 14?
 
Back in May my dad just sent an M1 Carbine home with me to "keep" for him. He's had it since summer of 1945 when he paid a Marine $20 for it. My dad's Patrol Craft Escort was in at Pearl Harbor and the Marine wandered down to where a bunch of sailors were playing touch football on the asphalt dock beside the ship offering the rifle, said to be a battlefield pickup, to a taker. The ship's captain allowed my dad to keep the Carbine aboard ship until he mustered out in late summer of 1946 and the rest is history.

His all-factory-original Quality Hardware & Machine Company (top) with the Underwood I've kept on hand for many years (bottom). An M1 Carbine has been an indispensable part of my entire life. First firearm I ever got to "shoot" was this Carbine. I was 6 years old and of course my dad helped support it, though I got to pull the trigger. Sometime prior to that I have a vague memory of getting a bustin' for daring to even open his closet door and have a peak at it standing in the corner.

Back in early marriage I used to bum his Carbine but soon had to acquire one of my own if I intended to keep a Carbine on hand.



Still wearing naval paint on its butt plate from being topside during a painting detail. All tried it out on sharks and sea gulls while at sea.



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He also sent along his Ruger Blackhawk in .30 Carbine.
 

nortac

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Very, very cool @noelekal ! My M1 carbine was obtained from my late father-in-law who was a WWII veteran, but I believe he bought his after the war, no providence like yours!
 
Hey @noelekal, having an all original M1 Carbine is very rare indeed; most of these (like mine) have had parts replaced and swapped over their time as a service rifle. Although the family story is priceless, that is undoubtedly a very valuable rifle.
 
I used to check out an M2 carbine from the arms room. Those were fun to shoot full auto. The P.D. sold all of their older full autos and got HK MP5s. Son-in-law has his Dad's old M1 carbine though.

I want one. :biggrin1:


My gramps told me a story about how he borrowed an M1 Carbine from an older buddy in the late 40's to deer hunt with, and turns out it was really an M2, and he said he saw a nice buck and sighted in, and pulled the rigger, and said it just started ripping, laying at least 6 shots into the deer! (not knowing it was the fully auto version)

He wasn't happy about it, as they hunted to eat! He said it tore the deer up!
 
Back in May my dad just sent an M1 Carbine home with me to "keep" for him. He's had it since summer of 1945 when he paid a Marine $20 for it. My dad's Patrol Craft Escort was in at Pearl Harbor and the Marine wandered down to where a bunch of sailors were playing touch football on the asphalt dock beside the ship offering the rifle, said to be a battlefield pickup, to a taker. The ship's captain allowed my dad to keep the Carbine aboard ship until he mustered out in late summer of 1946 and the rest is history.

His all-factory-original Quality Hardware & Machine Company (top) with the Underwood I've kept on hand for many years (bottom). An M1 Carbine has been an indispensable part of my entire life. First firearm I ever got to "shoot" was this Carbine. I was 6 years old and of course my dad helped support it, though I got to pull the trigger. Sometime prior to that I have a vague memory of getting a bustin' for daring to even open his closet door and have a peak at it standing in the corner.

Back in early marriage I used to bum his Carbine but soon had to acquire one of my own if I intended to keep a Carbine on hand.



Still wearing naval paint on its butt plate from being topside during a painting detail. All tried it out on sharks and sea gulls while at sea.



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He also sent along his Ruger Blackhawk in .30 Carbine.

As a Navy vet, I think this is BEYOND COOL!!!!
 
OOOooo... now that's something right there, to see an Inland MIAI is obviously original, even in a photograph!

Very, very nice!
 
OOOooo... now that's something right there, to see an Inland MIAI is obviously original, even in a photograph!

Very, very nice!
Did you notice the check mark carved into the nose of the stock? Not a scratch, it was carefully done. Maybe put on to signify a successful jump? I wish they kept records of who was issued these.
 
Saw that but had figured it was a slight marring acquired through the years. Considering the rest of the surface finish, it does look out of place, now that you mention it.

Yeah, wouldn't records be nice. Or, if the guns could talk.

On the other hand, perhaps not. If my dad's Carbine was a battlefield pickup as was represented to him then the background story might be tragic.
 
Saw that but had figured it was a slight marring acquired through the years. Considering the rest of the surface finish, it does look out of place, now that you mention it.

Yeah, wouldn't records be nice. Or, if the guns could talk.

On the other hand, perhaps not. If my dad's Carbine was a battlefield pickup as was represented to him then the background story might be tragic.
Mine was a rescue when a family friend had to move to California. Can't own it there so they sold it me. Your Dad's is a great thing to keep and treasure. Soldiers didn't ordinarily drop their weapons and abandon them unless wounded I would guess. Bring backs are rare and yours has that cool Dad/Son connection.
 
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