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    Posted: Feb 16 2019 at 10:31am
Hi everyone. As my subject indicates I am new to this forum and other than looking at other forums have never really posted on any. I recently acquired a 30 carbine rifle that I initially thought would be an M1 carbine. It mostly looks like one but is "sporterized". The receiver is marked inland with a 9 digit serial number starting with 673. The receiver appears to be that of an M1 Carbine but there is no dove tail to mount a rear site. It has a Williams Peep site that mounts to the side of the receiver. From what I was told the individual bought the rifle almost 30 years ago and only fired it twice. I was hoping to find some information on it and how to disassemble it for a thorough cleaning. It doesn't come apart like other carbines. At least not in the videos I was able to locate. If this isn't the right place to put this message please direct me to where it should be. Once I figure out how to post pictures I can include them. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can be.
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If I did this right some images should be displayed

Left side view


Right side view


rear view rear site


side view rear site
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Right side view


Rear view rear sight


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Hi and welcome; are you sure the ser. # is 9 digits and not 7? Any markings on barrel and trigger frame and parts? GK
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Greeting and welcome to the club. Cool looking carbine. Looks like there's a band on the front of the stock. How is it held in place?
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Your right its 7. Guess the coffee hadn't kicked in yet.   I'd post the actual serial number but not sure if that's something I should do with Big Brother watching everything these days. Thanks
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From what I can tell there is a little "push button" on the underside you push and slide stuff (don't know the right name of the part yet ) off. Haven't been able to get that to work with out messing up the stock. Guns in beautiful shape for as old as its supposed to be. Don't want to bugger it up taking it apart the wrong way. Thanks for any help you can be. Here is a picture of the push button.

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I would guess maybe a detent button to allow the band to be removed over the nose of the stock....maybe?
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Originally posted by floydthecat floydthecat wrote:

I would guess maybe a detent button to allow the band to be removed over the nose of the stock....maybe?


That was my thought also. Everything seems way too tight and I already nicked the stock up a bit in that area. Couldn't find anything online about it. It sort of looks like the ones that were imported by from Howa in Japan. No rear site groove and the band doesn't come of like those seem too.
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Push the rear of handguard with thumb while depressing button. The handguard will push band more evenly.

Check your front ring. Think it's a handstamp inland. By that I mean the 1 in M1 was stamped separatly
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I’ll give that a try. Thanks!
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Thanks everyone for your help. I did get the gun apart. It hadn't been apart for 30 year, if ever, and needed a little penetrating oil and light tapping with a brass punch and hammer to get the band moving. I'm in the process of cleaning it up and was wondering if there was a better place to post pictures and any stampings on the parts? It probably doesn't belong under new members. From what I can tell there is nothing on this model on the web. I did put 100 rounds through it before taking it apart. Sweet little shooter. Got to get me a real one sometime soon.
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Carbine of the collectors section would be appropriate.

I have seen a few carbines with rear sight mound removed a few times.
There was a time that sportsterizing your carbine was the thing to do. There is a book with a chapter on ideas of what to do.

Do not forget a front ring picture
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