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NV MARINE
Recruit Joined: Feb 22 2021 Location: Nevada Status: Offline Points: 5 |
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Posted: Feb 23 2021 at 5:58pm |
This is my first post to this group about the carbine that I was
given by my step father who brought it back from France when he served
in WWII. He was a pilot that flew B 25 bombers and was at an Allied air
field set up after the invasion. After returning from a mission he and
another pilot were walking across a field where the other pilot stepped
on a land mine and was killed. My step father was seriously injured and
spent thirteen months in the hospital recovering from his injuries. When
he was well enough to travel back to the states he had his belongings
packed in his foot locker to be sent home. In the foot locker was the
carbine and his 1911 45 cal. pistol. Before he passed about ten years
ago he gave me the carbine and the 1911 pistol he gave to his grandson.
Until recently I was unaware that there was much interest in the old
carbines but after doing a little research on the internet I came across
this forum for the carbine club. I purchased the M1 carbine book by
Craig Riesch so I could get a little more knowledge about the carbine
and get to know about its origins. They certainly have a very
interesting and complicated history! I don’t believe this carbine has seen much use as you can see that it is very good shape for a firearm that is over 75 years old. I have fired it a few times and found it to operate perfectly and is still quite accurate. Being an Inland that has a barrel date of 11-43 and serial number that would match that date I would guess it is a fairly common carbine as there were so many made at that time. One thing that seems odd to me is that the stock was made by Rock-ola with about everything else being Inland. Is it possible that Inland could have gotten stocks from Rock-ola? I am putting together a data sheet as I learn more about how to identify the parts of the carbine. Any thoughts or questions you have are very much appreciated. I will post pictures the best I can. Thanks Edited by New2brass - Feb 23 2021 at 7:15pm |
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NV MARINE
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NV MARINE
Recruit Joined: Feb 22 2021 Location: Nevada Status: Offline Points: 5 |
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Having trouble with uploading the pictures. I'm not very good at this.
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New2brass
Moderator Group Dan Pinto, Photo Editor Joined: Nov 29 2015 Location: CT Status: Offline Points: 4627 |
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You did great! It gets easier. Nice looking carbine!
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NV MARINE
Recruit Joined: Feb 22 2021 Location: Nevada Status: Offline Points: 5 |
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A few more pictures including my step father. |
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Matt_X
Hard Corps Joined: Nov 10 2020 Location: Phila, Penn Status: Offline Points: 766 |
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Very nice. It will get easier to identify part variations as you become more familiar. I found Riesch helpful guide after struggling with several other books. But now some of those other books are the ones I turn to for more info. Have you seen this post with corrections, and notes? As far as the RMC stamp in the sling well, War Baby! notes there is a record of 10,000 stocks transfered to Inland from Rock-ola. However....November 1943 seems late for a stock with an I oiler slot. So ????? Maybe the guys with more knowledge have further insight. For photos. I've started experimenting with propping white boards to reflect light onto the photo area. Definately not easy to get to take great photos. Yours are clear and sharp - nothing to apologize about. |
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GotSnlB28
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Thats a beautiful Inland! Enjoyed reading your story and the photos. The RMC stock has an Inland CC acceptance stamp so it did leave Inland on your rifle I'm sure.
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kro1970
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In the picture of the sling well you can see an I indicating this is a Rock Ola stock sent to Inland. Very nice carbine.
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New2brass
Moderator Group Dan Pinto, Photo Editor Joined: Nov 29 2015 Location: CT Status: Offline Points: 4627 |
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RMC I cut stocks have been observed late in production. Anyone want tot take a stab as to why?
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W5USMC
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Because there were 30,000 RMC reject stocks that were sent to Overton to be fixed and eventually sent to Inland.
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Wayne
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Durango56
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IBM got some too at aprox the same time as Inland.
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New2brass
Moderator Group Dan Pinto, Photo Editor Joined: Nov 29 2015 Location: CT Status: Offline Points: 4627 |
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Let me reword that, Some I cut stocks have been observed in late RMC production.
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kro1970
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Cleaning up leftover inventory to cut expenses
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welbytwo
Hard Corps Advanced Collector Joined: Jan 01 2016 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 802 |
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wow--if family misfortune would happen I would be a buyer-that is a keeper at all costs but am serious--is nicest I-cut rmc inland i have seen --BQ97 has second best
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