Bubba strikes again

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Bubba strikes again. Here is a hand-stamped 6.8 million
Inland that has an incorrect “type II barrel band”. It was a mystery since there
is no sign that the front R stamped sight has ever been removed. Upon inspection
you can see that Bubba sawed off the bayonet lug while the Type III band was
still on the barrel – there are saw marks on the barrel where he sawed through
the band. It’s a nice carbine otherwise.

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Skippy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Recruit Joined: Feb 20 2025 Location: PNW Status: Offline Points: 74	Post Options Post Reply Quote Skippy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Bubba strikes again Posted: Feb 09 2026 at 9:56pm
	Bubba strikes again. Here is a hand-stamped 6.8 million Inland that has an incorrect “type II barrel band”. It was a mystery since there is no sign that the front R stamped sight has ever been removed. Upon inspection you can see that Bubba sawed off the bayonet lug while the Type III band was still on the barrel – there are saw marks on the barrel where he sawed through the band. It’s a nice carbine otherwise.

shadycon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List On Point Joined: Mar 16 2016 Location: NRV, Va. Status: Offline Points: 176	Post Options Post Reply Quote shadycon Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Feb 10 2026 at 8:18am
	The screw???????
	M1's are FUN!!! TSMG's are more FUN!!!

floydthecat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Hard Corps Joined: Oct 13 2016 Location: Mississippi Status: Offline Points: 2307	Post Options Post Reply Quote floydthecat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Feb 10 2026 at 5:46pm
	I understand that can be quite common in states that won’t allow bayonet lugs.

Skippy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Recruit Joined: Feb 20 2025 Location: PNW Status: Offline Points: 74	Post Options Post Reply Quote Skippy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Feb 10 2026 at 7:51pm
	I corrected the carbine with a SI Type III barrel band. The front sight was heavily staked - I didn’t want to beat the pin out - so I bought a roll pin pusher tool (shown in photo). I thought for sure that I was going to break the tool, but it held up and pushed the sight pin right out. @ shadycon – as for the screw on the bubba barrel band, I checked War Baby and the CCNLs. I cannot find anything that lists ACE Hardware as a subcontractor to Inland. 😊