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New guy, Fixing up a Plainfield |
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goatgruff13
Recruit Joined: Feb 11 2019 Location: Normal, IL Status: Offline Points: 1 |
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Posted: Feb 16 2019 at 10:14am |
Hello, I got this 70's Plainfield M1 Carbine from a friend of my dad's years ago. He was in the earlier years of Vietnam in the Marine Corps as a sniper spotter, and used and loved the M1 Carbine. So he eventually bought himself one. He became ill with cancer later in his life, but would still come down to my parent's property in Northern Arkansas a lot to hang out and inevitably do some shooting. He brought this with him on one of our trips down there and I fell in love with the thing. As his illness got worse he ended up giving it to me. which was awesome and an honor. He passed away a few years back, but my father and I still shoot it every time I go down there. She's a great little shooter, and has zero outward problems. I've only done basic field strips and cleanings though, and haven't had the chance to take apart and really check out everything. There are some failure to feeds from time to time, but I'm almost positive that's because the mags I have are ancient and kind of junky. I'm now about to order some things to fix her up a little (mags and springs and such). I'm not sure if this introduction post is the place to get into what I want to do and where to ask questions - So I'll probably get into that in another thread. I just wanted to introduce myself and show you guys the carbine and touch on what I'm getting into. I'm sure I'll have questions as I get into it, and I'll post updates and photos of when I get into it. Looking forward to chatting with you all and hopefully learning some things!
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floydthecat
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Welcome aboard. The Plainfield is generally considered one of the better commercial carbines and parts are interchangeable with authentic USGI carbines.
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Boomer1960
Recruit Joined: Feb 15 2019 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 10 |
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Nice rile!!!
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jackp1028
Hard Corps Joined: Jan 01 2016 Location: Cloudcroft, NM Status: Offline Points: 1273 |
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HI and welcome to the Carbine Collectors Forum from New Mexico!
If you haven't already discovered it, here's a link to some info about Plainfields. http://www.m1carbinesinc.com/carbine_plainfield.html |
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JackP
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W5USMC
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Welcome to the forum.
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Wayne
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BER911
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Your carbine looks nice.
Welcome Aboard!
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Semper Fi, Bruce
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Donnie
On Point Joined: May 31 2018 Location: Newburgh, IN Status: Offline Points: 335 |
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Goatgruff13, welcome to the forum. It sounds like you are off to ta great time with your new to you Plainfield. There are many sources for parts and springs. I am not sure of the best source, but I purchased springs and parts from Fulton Armory, as I heard they have a decent reputation.
One tip regarding your 30rd mag. While they are easy to disassemble and clean, be certain that you replace the spring correctly. The mag will not feed reliably if the spring is reversed. Unlike many mags you may be familiar with, the springs highest coil fits under the rear end of the follower (and not under the projectile end)! Further the 15rd mags tend to feed more reliably. Do your shake down testing with a 15rd mag. |
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