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Skippy 
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 Topic: Fulton Armory M3 Scout CarbinePosted: Jan 26 2026 at 11:44am |
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There is a good, just released, video review of the Fulton Armory M3 Scout Carbine. It was posted by Garand Thumb on yoootube.
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Posted: Jan 26 2026 at 12:23pm |
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Mike in NC
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Posted: Jan 26 2026 at 12:29pm |
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Here is the link: https://youtu.be/HHlVLFbPWl4?si=ssIyjlg0KtKcmSVU
A bit of a Fulton Armory commercial, but interesting. Might have to build something like this. |
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David Milisock
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Posted: Jan 28 2026 at 10:04am |
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I inherited my Inland and paid $125 for my QMC. Yes I put a few hundred dollars in both of them. Acfar cry from $2625!
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Finface
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Posted: Jan 30 2026 at 11:21am |
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I just watched the video (44 mins) and I thought Garand Thumb and his two sidekicks did a very good job extolling the relative virtues of the M-1 Carbine's innovative design features and shootability (if that is a word, spellchecker wants to separate the word). He did a fair job of positioning the M-1 as a reasonable choice PDW for urban dwellers who would likely never need to shoot anything beyond 300 yards, and also of the mostly favorable reception of the firearm by soldiers worldwide during and after WW II.
As far as the Fulton-Armory M-3 Scout goes (one of about seven versions of the M-1 they make) I'd love to have one and I'd consider it a PDW for a home invasion. I'd like to see some testing of both ball and soft tip ammunition to see if first they feed reliably, and second, how would either compare to other rifles and especially handguns vis a vis penetration of interior and exterior walls. The price tag for any of them - let's call it $3,000 out the door - is high. What the video shows, and Fulton-Armory's website extolls, is that price brings feed reliability and better components (mixed with some original GI parts - kind of unspecified - but new more accurate barrel and some other things. I didn't see any mention of guarantees or warranties, but maybe they are published somewhere. I posted, then edited this post to include a good write-up of the Fulton-Armory M-1 manufacturing history and what they offer now that I found, ta da!, by searching this forum under the Commercial Carbines header. Nice work, forum owners. Has anyone bought one and felt it wasn't fairly priced?
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David Milisock
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Posted: Jan 30 2026 at 2:25pm |
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This is my opinion and as we all know opinions can be like buttholes, we all have at least one.
 The M1 Carbine suffers from several factors, poor maintenance of well used war rifles, ergo many military versions need a tinkerer/shooter. A BS reputation of poor penetration and the increased cost of actual military variants due to collecting of rifles that in my opinion that should not be collectable. I believe the cost of the Fulton Armory M3 is too much to compete with the AR platform or pistol caliber carbines and here's why. For about $2,300 I bought an Aero Precision M4E in 6MM ARC, 16" stainless barrel with a National Match trigger and accessories I mounted a Sig Sauer 1 x 10 x 32 LPVO. This rifles shoots very well, sub inch 100 yard groups and can keep 5 shots in 4" at 400 yards in conditions that exist 90% of the time in my area. A quality pistol caliber carbine is 1/2 the $2,600 cost of the Fulton Armory rifle. What I KNOW is that a properly maintained WWII M1 30 Carbine is devastating out to 200 yards in 100% of the conditions that exist in my area.
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floydthecat
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Posted: Jan 30 2026 at 3:17pm |
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I will go along with the fact that good M4 carbines are at fire-sale prices now and you can’t find much of anything more simple to build, shoot and maintain. If you want a pistol caliber, 9mm is everywhere and cheap. Parts are available under every bush….but. The BUT always shows up. Many just like the feel and handiness of the old M1 carbine. I have converted them to about all pistol cartridges that will fit and cycle. The M1 carbine will always be much handier to carry than the M4 and I have three M4’s.
I also lean to the idea that good commercial M1 carbines are out there that can satisfy just about anybody’s need to shoot for a fair price. We just have to deal with the “Head Problem” of dare letting anybody at the range see you shooting a Plainfield, Fulton or even a good Gen-1 Universal. I don’t mean just any old junk on the market today. Most purchases of the M1 carbine centers around owning that piece of history, not for its usefulness. I don’t think many buyers seek it because it shoots the 7.62x33. We purchase it for the “charisma”.
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Posted: Jan 30 2026 at 3:24pm |
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The Garand Thumb guy said what David Milisock said about modern rifles in his video. BTW, watching him and his buddies shooting the Fulton M-3 Scout all tricked out with silencer and flashlight was really fun. They did a little simulated "clearing a room" timed shooting.
And they all agreed the M-1 feels great to hold, aim and shoot!
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Posted: Feb 04 2026 at 4:41pm |
That's how I felt about it. Somewhat entertaining and interesting but not interesting enough for me to make to the end. He's honest that the channel is a commercial enterprize. That's fine. The attempt to hit a gong (size?) well past 300 yards. I don't know what graduation or adjustments the optic has, but that requries significant hold over. More interesting would have been how well zeroed the 300 yard sight, and with what ammo. Of course I live in the East. Between the terrain and the vegetation, 300 yards of clear sight are a little, well more like a lot, less common than much of the West like where he is. Perspective can be very local!
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Posted: Feb 04 2026 at 5:08pm |
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I just zero on a 25-yard target and achieve the 5 of 7 inside the qualifying target as required to qualify. I can achieve much better than that and can put 3-4 inside a quarter sized hole. It’s a home defense pistol cartridge carbine. I don’t expect much more. A few inches spread at 50-100 yards suits me just fine. It’s no sniper rifle!
I consider much better at longer ranges as spray-and-pray. That’s likely how it was used. If a sniper was required, they called up a Garand.
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Posted: Feb 04 2026 at 5:49pm |
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The point of the video was a review of how good Fulton's carbine is, and the gong show at over 300 yards was supposed to demonstrate that. I'm personally dubious one can have a POA - POI at 100 yards and have good confidence on POA to POI at 250 or 300 yards.
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Posted: Feb 04 2026 at 5:51pm |
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Me too Matt!
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Posted: Feb 04 2026 at 5:54pm |
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For me….skunks and armadillo's at 25-30 yards is good enough.
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Posted: Feb 04 2026 at 8:20pm |
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CCNL # 219 describes the U.S. Air Force Carbine course-of-fire qualification from 1943. Targets were set at 100, 200 and 300 yards. The 300 yard target soon dropped from the course because it was too difficult to hit targets at that range, especially when shooting off-hand. Here is a video of shots taken on a berm at 350 yards using a standard USGI carbine with Type II adjustable sights - set at the 300 yard elevation. Based on experience, 300 yards effective range is about right. At any distance past 350 yards the standard 30 Carbine cartridge's trajectory drops like a rock and you quickly go to indirect fire – lobbing rounds on target like a mortar. 😊 Hope the video works OK. https://imgur.com/a/YSednpF |
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David Milisock
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Posted: Feb 05 2026 at 12:10pm |
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The 30 Carbines I shoot have been augmented using modern handloads, 2,100 FPS with 110 grain Hornady round nose soft points. They are personal defence firearms.
I zero at 200 yards, without changing the sights move back to 25vyards in 50 yard increments. In practice I simply hold over or under. Hitting at 300 yards is not the 30 Carbines forte.
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Posted: Feb 05 2026 at 9:48pm |
David, Is the 200 yard battlesight based on the US military practice which seems to have begun late 50s? |
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David Milisock
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Posted: Feb 06 2026 at 10:56am |
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No it's based on my experience using the 30 Carbine and the size of the intended target.
At 200 I can keep the shots in the 5" center of a 9" paper plates. As the target gets to 100 yards a bottom of the rib cage hold places the hits center of the chest. At 50 yards the point of impact reduces to about 4" high. A well maintained 30 Carbine is a defense weapon not a target rifle, same can be said about the cartridge. In the hands of a shooter who practices between 25 and 200 yards the system is devastating because of its fast acting practical accuracy and significant on target energy, particularly with modern projectiles.
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