M1 Carbine production began in September 1941 with very few changes to Williams' original design. Though the first guns were made at Winchester, Pearl Harbor caused manufacture to be stepped up. Contracts and sub-contracts were let out to a number of other makers, including such unlikely non-f...
Each Auto-Ordnance M1 Carbine is a faithful reproduction of the famous military rifles that served American forces beginning in World War II. Each rifle has a Blued finish, American Walnut stock, 15 round magazine (10 rounds where required by law), 18” barrel, and flip-style rear sight. ...
or Stamped Adjustable. The flip sight is easy to spot, the milled is thicker, with sharper corners at the bottom, and the stamped sight is thinner than the milled, with more rounded corners at the bends. As before, check the box for the correct sight pin staking, and indicate any marks...
I worked at IBM for many years. When I found out that IBM manufactured M1 Carbines for the war effort I went searching for one…aout 30 years ago. IBM only made 356K of the 6.5 million carbines produced…so they are somewhat rare. I found one at a gun show with the correct receive...