M1A1 Paratrooper Carbine came home with me!

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zeebill	M1A1 Paratrooper Carbine came home with me!	Lead	[-]
Posts: 3606 (05/27/09 09:26 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Been lusting for about the second best Paratrooper carbine I have ever seen for about a year now and finally pulled the string today. Type 2 variation with just about everything Inland in sight so far. Proper folding stock and not the repro ones I see often called original. No bayonet mount with an Inland barrel, proper hand guard and fat front band marked as appropriate, simple P roof mark on stock, has been to AAE Augusta Arsenal once but see nothing that was changed externally on the rifle. Low wood in great shape with minimal wear and dents and receiver is in the right serial range for it too. Sling looks right along with the oiler and mag release button and safety also. I will not divulge what I paid for this at the request of the owner who is a friend and wants to keep it between us. I have cleaned this rifle at least twice in 2 years and doubt it has been shot in many years that the owner has had it. The bore is in great shape and shows the care it has had over the years. The action is tight and will more than likely shoot well when it gets to the range which will be awhile as I am busy with summer chores at every turn it seems. If I get it to WVChucks maybe I can cajole him to take some pictures later this summer. Not what I collect usually but they only made about 141,000 of these and I am pretty sure this one is right so I finally took the plunge. When you look at something for 3 years or so it becomes a nice thing to have I guess! Bill
acc8090		#1	[-]
Posts: 1490 (05/27/09 09:30 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Sounds real nice Bill. How much did you pay? I did not know that you were into M1 Carbines too!
DickTracy1953		#2	[-]
Posts: 2195 (06/02/09 04:51 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	In regards to the price, certainly you are not asking zeebill to kiss n' tell. His wife could be tracking his posts while he is away doing chores.
m1 talker		#3	[-]
Posts: 6777 (06/02/09 06:36 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	He would only reply that it cost him so many Mosins anyway! Curt
zeebill		#4	[-]
Posts: 3615 (06/03/09 09:01 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I am happily single and it cost about 25 Mosins or so. How else would I be able to buy these rifles if I was married? Bill
temperflash		#5	[-]
Posts: 392 (06/04/09 08:01 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Occasionally an M1 Carbine that has been fired very little, at least through the barrel it has on it, will jam with some types of ammunition. I had to do some work on one many years ago. In that case I found that the ammo supplied with the Carbine had one in six cases .006 longer than the rest. One time in six the gun jammed so tight the only way to open it was a swift kick with a boot heel. Just mentioning this because since your new purchase seems to have been fired very little it may not be broken in yet. The problem is one that more than one veteran has mentioned having encountered, and it soured them on the carbine at the time. Apparently later manufacture receivers and bolts have a raised lump on the right hand locking surfaces. This was meant to prevent the bolt from being bounced out of battery if dropped. Earlier carbines didn't have this feature. If the tiny lump isn't smoothed out by use it can cause the action to drag and sometimes lock up. I stoned the lump down slightly on the Carbine I mentioned, That and polishing the chamber eliminated the jamming.
7GREEN		#6	[-]
Posts: 597 (06/04/09 07:01 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have seen only ONE picture of an M1A1 carbine in the hands of a GI.
petersalt	ZGreen "I have seen only ONE picture of an M1A1 carbine"	#7	[-]
Posts: 786 (06/18/09 07:21 PM) Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"I have seen only ONE picture of an M1A1 carbine in the hands of a GI." [Lucky we have that one photo ..!!?] I would bet that you have seen VERY few actual WW2 pictures of fully equipped paratroopers. Paratroop methods, tactics and equipment were classified as "military confidential" [or 'need to know'] at that time, including the uniforms, chutes and accessories. Photography was generally restricted around the troops. The most famous photos, of Eisenhower visiting with the 101st prior to the Normandy drop, show the troops without weapons or gear bags. [the troops were obviously brought to Eisenhower from the flight line after leaving their gear and weapons for the pep-talks and photos.] Short answer: the army didn't make airborne troop photos public until well after the invasion and the major drops of the war. We see much more of their methods and equipment from "Band of Brothers" than contemporary military or photojournalism sources. cheers, peterNaCl