Plainfield m2

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Edited by New2brass - Jul 14 2024 at 9:28pm

Thank you all for your answers.  When  do you  think 256x A was produced. 

Have the receiver Xray'd for micro stress fractures. Probably past Police issue M2, could have been rode a lot of miles... a precautionary tale...

Wally,

My apologies for not responding here sooner. I'm the researcher and author of M1CarbinesInc.com. But I don't deserve the credit for all that appears there as many different people have contributed bits and pieces of information.

It would help to know a few more things in addition to the serial number to estimate when it was manufactured and assembled. I realize a a photo of the receiver markings may not be available but what the markings are, how they were applied, where, their size, font, etc all help to narrow and confirm things.

Time wise, Plainfield was pretty consistent with the application of their serial numbers but inconsistent with the addition of the letter A suffix. Use of the letter A after the s/n started when they switched from using a letter prefix s/n (i.e. D105, Z999) to just the number (i.e. 0123, 0456). This is also when they first started marking receivers M2 when they were assembled as such. The A was added to some M2 marked receivers but not anywhere close to all. The A suffix hasn't turned up on a Plainfield receiver marked M1. Almost as if there was one person with an A stamp that others didn't have or didn't use if they did.

Yours is the highest s/n with the added A I've seen. So it was only done on some of the first 2600 or so that were assembled as M2's. The highest s/n on a Plainfield M2 marked receiver I've seen so far is in the 3700 numbers. All after are marked M1.

Your s/n alone, if the receiver was finished and assembled into a carbine in the normal time frames, would have been late 1965 or early 1966.

Plainfield workmanship quality, appearance wise, varied over the 15 years or so they made carbines. But none I'm aware of were unsafe when they were sold. Their receivers have held up over time but every part on every gun has a lifespan. Plainfield receivers that haven't held up, that I've seen, failed due to a headspace problem unrelated to Plainfield or anything they did.

Hope this helps.

Jim

Hi Jim, I also  want to add  that my  receiver  doesn't have  a oval cutout.  It also have a blue  barrel.  The type 3 band, along  with  a metal  handgaurd , PMC type  rear sight and  a rubber  buttplate. I agree with  you  on the 1965-66 date.  I am curious about  the serial number  without the  oval cut missing.