"Correct" Hammers for WWII Carbines

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   I've learned so much in just a couple days on this
Forum. Its ironic that my very first Rifle I owned was the
Rock-Ola Carbine my Grandfather gave me as a Teenager and yet its the one MilSurp model that I
know the least about. I know volumes about Finn Mosins, Mausers, Enfields
but I'm a Boot Recruit on M1 Carbines - but I'm learning fast thanks to members
and information here :-) 

Maybe its because I'm a 37 year Combat Marine Grunt but I've always wanted the MilSurps I collect to be in the condition/configuration as they were issued to and used by the Troops in that War, and according to the information below the Type I hammers were being automatically replaced by the Field Ordinance personnel in Theater starting late 1943. So for me a Type III hammer put in by the Army during combat in WWII would still be a "correct" part for that Carbine and wouldn't be a "Correction" which I've read about on the Forum here and which I'm taking means something done by a Collector after WWII trying to get a Carbine back to its original configuration. Is this how others see it as well?   
On April 12, 1943 the Army Small Arms Committee recommended the
type III hammer in conjunction with a longer hammer spring as the new standard
and as replacements for all previous hammers and hammer
springs.  Unlike several previous prototypes this hammer/spring combo
was a drop in replacement for the previous hammers and hammer springs. Use in
actual production started approximately September 1943 with the earlier dogleg/Fat
Boy hammers and shorter spring being replaced by Field Ordnance personnel as
supplies and opportunities presented themselves.

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	I've learned so much in just a couple days on this Forum. Its ironic that my very first Rifle I owned was the Rock-Ola Carbine my Grandfather gave me as a Teenager and yet its the one MilSurp model that I know the least about. I know volumes about Finn Mosins, Mausers, Enfields but I'm a Boot Recruit on M1 Carbines - but I'm learning fast thanks to members and information here :-) Maybe its because I'm a 37 year Combat Marine Grunt but I've always wanted the MilSurps I collect to be in the condition/configuration as they were issued to and used by the Troops in that War, and according to the information below the Type I hammers were being automatically replaced by the Field Ordinance personnel in Theater starting late 1943. So for me a Type III hammer put in by the Army during combat in WWII would still be a "correct" part for that Carbine and wouldn't be a "Correction" which I've read about on the Forum here and which I'm taking means something done by a Collector after WWII trying to get a Carbine back to its original configuration. Is this how others see it as well? On April 12, 1943 the Army Small Arms Committee recommended the type III hammer in conjunction with a longer hammer spring as the new standard and as replacements for all previous hammers and hammer springs. Unlike several previous prototypes this hammer/spring combo was a drop in replacement for the previous hammers and hammer springs. Use in actual production started approximately September 1943 with the earlier dogleg/Fat Boy hammers and shorter spring being replaced by Field Ordnance personnel as supplies and opportunities presented themselves.