Forged receiver Commercial Carbines Questions.

Newby (obviously) Vietnam Vet, retired machinist, FAA Aircraft & Powerplant mechanic & Inspector, (A&P-IA) restore old airplanes, cars and build hot rods. Live on a "Poor-Boy" private airport outside of Temple, Tx. I hold an 03 Curio & Relic firearm license and an 07 Manufacture's license (yea, the build a machinegun one).

Plainfield did manufacture a low number of M2’s marketed to police agencies and overseas. They also manufactured conversion kits. They were obviously built on Plainfield cast receivers. For demo purposes, the right cast receiver could possibly be considered.

There is just not that much “cheap” carbine stuff out there at the moment. You can find good GI receivers for under $400 and generally resell it when your done with your project. Used barrels can be had for close to $100. These are the import marked or presumably shot-out take-offs and would function just fine. I recently bought an import marked take-off for $80 that shoots as good as any I have.

metro@127 wrote: I hold an 03 Curio & Relic firearm license and an 07 Manufacture's license (yea, the build a machinegun one). I have a small local police department that is interested in a demonstration of a selective fire M2 carbine. I can make the required "extra" parts, some found on page 12 of the NFA handbook. I do have a full machine shop if the commercial receivers needed "tweaking" (I can convert an M1A to an M14 selective fire to give you an idea of my capabilities, all for law enforcement demo or LE sales samples only)