Inland #6710250

Anyways, I slept on it and ultimately decided to purchase the carbine at $999. I guess my reasoning was that even the newly manufactured M1 carbines by companies such as Inland Manufacturing and Auto Ordnance (widely regarded as inferior to the WW2-era firearms they were made to mimic) would likely run me over a grand. It’s CAI marked and appears to be arsenal refinished, but it ought to make a good candidate for a shooter. My only other M1 at the moment is Inland serial “310000”, and it’s too beautiful to risk component (or God forbid… catastrophic) failure on the range.

I haven’t done a complete disassembly as of yet, but here’s what I’ve got so far:

orndance soon recommended that it be subcontractor-prime contractor (NL-Q)

evidently National Lock either popped out a ton of trigger housings early on or they ignored the change till later on. So that is a late housing

yes, many hand stamp have the one low or high

3 in circle

the marking on the front ring may be a clue.

can you post the 3 and the ring marking in that post. Maybe others will check their front rings

I thought so too! Cabela’s Gun Library is kind of a crapshoot. Sometimes things are priced exorbitantly and at others they’re quite reasonable. I was one of those unfortunate souls who paid $1,800 for a rather rough Midway NPM during their most recent import from Italy, so $999 for an older CAI import seemed like a fairly good deal. For whatever reason, M1 carbines are somewhat scarce in my neck of the woods (North Idaho), despite this being the Gun Capital of the World.

Regarding stripping and oiling the stock with RLO… done and done, James! Thank God for the kids’ nap time and Minwax Furniture Refinisher.