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    Posted: May 25 2025 at 9:44am

Here is my 146,6xx Inland M1 Carbine. It has a 12/42 Inland barrel which is in-line with the dates listed in the searchable spreadsheet for Inlands, within the 146,000 serial number range. The probable manufacturing date for this carbine is February of 1943. This Inland is as I acquired it – except that it had a reproduction rear flip sight that I could not stand seeing on the rifle. I replaced the reproduction sight with what I believe to be an authentic one. You can see in the photo I took without the rear sight that there are no stake marks on the receiver.

The photos and datasheet are below. I would appreciate any feedback on this Inland. I’d be happy to answer any questions or post additional photos.

The rifle shares characteristics of early Inlands already posted here so this carbine probably just reinforces already known info. Hope this post contributes to the site.

Thank you for the excellent instructions on uploading photos and posting to the site. The directions were clear and easy to follow.

Thanks again, Skippy

 

The “Carbine of Interest Inland 270” post mentions that early Inlands were observed having a black finish on the barrel with the finish being a dull gray on the area forward of the stock. This looks to be the case with my Inland.

 

 

 
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Great photos!  And very nice Inland!
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It's definitely a nice early Inland carbine, but do you think taking off the rear sight for pictures was necessary?
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Maybe he took the picture when he was changing the sight.

"This Inland is as I acquired it – except that it had a reproduction rear flip sight that I could not stand seeing on the rifle. I replaced the reproduction sight with what I believe to be an authentic one. You can see in the photo I took without the rear sight that there are no stake marks on the receiver."

@Skippy, are you 100% sure that the sight that you replaced was a reproduction?
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Hello Wayne,

Yes, I took the photo of the receiver at the time I replaced the repro sight.

Here is a photo of the sight that was on the carbine when I acquired it. This sight has no stampings.


I hope it was OK to replace it.

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having no stake marks on the rear sight dovetail makes it a pretty good candidate for restoration if one wanted to. I'm no expert but I'm not so sure your original rear sight is a repro. The experts will have to chime in to be sure. I'm not very good with telling genuine from repro sometimes on the flip sites But something in my gut is rumbling about the one you took off maybe being real. It's okay to replace parts on your carbine, it's yours, But since you're a participating member, I would ask the guys before doing so next time just to be sure. That way you can't go wrong.hth. I hope I am wrong but it looks to me that you took off an original flip sight and actually put on a reproduction one. I am no expert and the experts will correct me if I'm wrong but to my untrained eye it looks like you may have in fact took off a genuine flip sight and put on a reproduction one even though your intentions were the opposite. I hope I am wrong
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The marked rear sight is good.  Does anyone think that front sight is odd?
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what about the flip site that is unmarked that he took off? Do you think he was correct and it was reproduction or do you think It could be genuine? The reason I ask is because the original one he took off seems to have brown patina up the side of it that makes it at least to me look like it has some real age. But of course I'm no expert and could be completely wrong
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Well, I missed the part about changing out the flip so disregard my earlier post.
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Originally posted by hunterman hunterman wrote:

Does anyone think that front sight is odd?


There's an optical illusion in the photo.  The two parallel cuts along the center of the sight can be seen as two parallel raised features.
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I'm a little surprised that the extractor plunger is a modified type 1 and the extractor wasn't modified. Mine is a fair bit earlier and has both the modified extractor and plunger. Guess they just never got around to changing them out.
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Here are some more photos. I tried to get a picture of the front sight from a different perspective.

 

 

 

 

One thing I notice about this rifle is that the tolerances are much tighter than other carbines. Bolt in receiver, operating slide, and trigger housing to receiver are all tight tight.

Thank you for the comments. I sure appreciate you taking the time.

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Is that vice marks on receiver?
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