Hello everyone,
After several years of debating if I should get this WWII classic, I concluded I should get one. Not getting younger anymore. As with other firearms I brought, I did my web search - gun review, visiting forum and talking with gun shop owners. But the more I dig into it, more difficult to make the choice.
Essentially I condensed my choice to
1. Inland 1945 model with Bayonet lug
https://www.inland-mfg.com/Inland-Carbines/M1-1945.html or
2. the less expensive model from Auto Ordnance
http://www.auto-ordnance.com/firearms/auto-ordnance-aom130.asp
Right now I incline to get the Inland as it has more history to this manufacturer. But I then learned that inland was closed for decades. The now inland was in name only and has little to do with the old manufacturer.
The more I talked with people, the more I was told all these new production have lots of feeding issues. My best bet is to get an " GI issued" authentic WWII carbine.
Questions as followed:
Q1 - should I bother with the new production like inland ? and focus in getting a true piece of history.
Q2 - Where should I look for the GI issued carbine ? ( But like used car, I have no idea what is a good GI issue M1 carbine. BTW: what does it meant to be GI issued ? I thought all these WWII rifles are made by multiple factories (IBM, Rock OLA and other strange sounding companies). Are these GI issued ?)
Q3 - besides Inland, AO and then there is Fulton Armory. All these rifles looks the same. What is the difference of the quality.
Guess my bottom line question is
Should I save the money for other brand of rifle ?
Thanks for helping
After several years of debating if I should get this WWII classic, I concluded I should get one. Not getting younger anymore. As with other firearms I brought, I did my web search - gun review, visiting forum and talking with gun shop owners. But the more I dig into it, more difficult to make the choice.
Essentially I condensed my choice to
1. Inland 1945 model with Bayonet lug
https://www.inland-mfg.com/Inland-Carbines/M1-1945.html or
2. the less expensive model from Auto Ordnance
http://www.auto-ordnance.com/firearms/auto-ordnance-aom130.asp
Right now I incline to get the Inland as it has more history to this manufacturer. But I then learned that inland was closed for decades. The now inland was in name only and has little to do with the old manufacturer.
The more I talked with people, the more I was told all these new production have lots of feeding issues. My best bet is to get an " GI issued" authentic WWII carbine.
Questions as followed:
Q1 - should I bother with the new production like inland ? and focus in getting a true piece of history.
Q2 - Where should I look for the GI issued carbine ? ( But like used car, I have no idea what is a good GI issue M1 carbine. BTW: what does it meant to be GI issued ? I thought all these WWII rifles are made by multiple factories (IBM, Rock OLA and other strange sounding companies). Are these GI issued ?)
Q3 - besides Inland, AO and then there is Fulton Armory. All these rifles looks the same. What is the difference of the quality.
Guess my bottom line question is
Should I save the money for other brand of rifle ?
Thanks for helping