I have difficulty understanding how a Inland receiver from an early run came to be lined out and matched with a 7-44 Underwood barrel, except during a refurbish, which yours certainly went through. You stated you could read the lower 1/3 of some of the lined-out letters.what are they?Īside from the interesting line out receiver it appears you have a classic "mixmaster". The only way to know for sure is to attempt to identify the lined-out manufacturers name. My best guess from researching this, the receiver was produced by Saginaw Gear and is a serial number duplicated by SG in the Inland serial number range. So although your carbine was produced by Underwood the receiver was produced by someone other than Underwood.this will explain the serial number of the receiver not matching Underwood's production serial number blocks. The government required these contractors to identify receivers made by or transferred from others by codeistamps or line-outs of the original manufacturers name" Many receivers were sub-contracted to fulfill production needs. "Due to material shortages, production delays and contract requirements, many receivers changed hands between manufacturers.
Here is a excerpt from M1 Carbine by R C Larson. There are no import marks on this carbine, which means that it is likely a CMP rifle from back in the day.Īs far as trades are concerned, I am not really looking for anything in particular, but if I like your offer and feel that it is fair I will make the trade.What you describe sounds like a line-out receiver. (basically, it is perfect with only a little shiny spot on the top rear of the bolt wear it touches the receiver). The carbine appears to have been used very little after the refit, judging from the parkerizing wear. I cannot see any cartouches on the stock. It was put into a new stock at that time. The bore is bright and shiny with superb rifling. It was arsenal refurbed and upfitted after WWII. The serial number puts this one as a 1943 gun. They are also widely regarded as being the highest quality. That makes it one of the rarest of all the manufacturers.
Shipped ffl to ffl.įrom the research I have done, I have learned that the National Postal Meter company made 6% of all M1 carbines. I have about $1200 tied up in it, so that would be my cash price.
I have recently gotten this in a trade, but don't really need it.
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