QUALITY H.M.C. self rebuild

  Okay everyone. I must have entered this all wrong and do apologize.

This is indeed the Carbine Collector's site and this is not a collector.

I need to reverse this post and ask.

I purchased this carbine and know it has been changed up.

Input is welcome. Many thanks...........

I'm not looking for the atta boy thing. I know money was not well spent and it will never be recovered for the overall investment. Very well understood on the error side of learning. We do indeed learn as we go. You earn it.

Please just treat this post as a new purchase from a newbie and have at it.

I will not fight it or ask all the secret question's. I just want to know what is good or bad.

Input from 20 is always better than input from just a few.

Thanks once again.

Thanks again to all that replied.

I've got a spread sheet put together on this with pics, a list of all parts markings and the sub-contractor's names as to who made it for Quality Hardware. A brief history of the QHMC carbine, plus a full explain that it is indeed an attempt to make it as parts correct per it's time frame per serial #.

I even have in my sheet that the barrel had been changed in a re-build before I got it.

My range is about September of 43 and the barrel is a Underwood at 9-44 with a 2 on the gauge.

I didn't want to change that out but as said - it all is noted.

Also knowing that most carbines from the factory finish line, usually had a few parts that were part of the exchange or integrated system. One might easily have Standard or Underwood part or parts when it was finished etc. 

I, as my ex-wife said all the time. I don't explain myself very well.

I was waiting and expecting to hear some input like. This or that part looks like a reproduction.

Not wanting to hear it of course, but I was ready for it.

I'll never recover my cost for changing things and not concerned about that. I just want or would like to not have reproduction parts if I can avoid it. I don't have the eye talent for those things.

I have 3 carbines. One is a nice commercial. One is a late 44 Inland that has all the upgraded stuff on it. Then I have my 43 QHMC that I just wanted back to, or close too, what it should be.

My happy pill I call it with the car-bine-itis. One of each style so to speak.

Many thanks again to all.  Appreciate your site and input.

I will have a 4th someday soon I hope. I just have smaller pockets than I want. Plus I also like black powder cartridge guns. The woe of addiction.

Parts buying was one of the first things that attracted me to Carbines. They have value and studying them was helpful. So what do you do with a lot of parts? Well, most never got used. Winchester and Saginaw Grand Rapids got used. The rest, not so much.

I've bought bunches of import marked Carbines and moved around parts a fair amount, especially if there were desirable parts to farm off of them or if the rear sight staking was original. As time proceeded, parts moving didn't satisfy me when looking at the finished product as compared to what some other people were doing...because other buyers were focusing on the most original stuff they could find and that was much smarter hobbying.

Today I've got a couple of early featured Carbines that were bought with Inland high wood stocks that aren't documented as transfers anywhere. But I can't bring myself to change them because you can see they've been on there for a very long time. Who knows.