Crushing on the M1 Carbine

Qbeam · May 18, 2018

Picked up a few Promag 10 rnd magazines cor the carbine. They didn't work. I had to file the two punched out catches significantly to get them to seat. Anyone else had issues lime this? It's a WWII M1.

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lazarus · May 18, 2018

Qbeam said:
Picked up a few Promag 10 rnd magazines cor the carbine. They didn't work. I had to file the two punched out catches significantly to get them to seat. Anyone else had issues lime this? It's a WWII M1.

Q

I can’t say I have, but I haven’t touched promag. Their cabine mag reviews most places seem to hover around a 2 out of 5. Unfortunately I don’t think KCI makes any 10 rounders. I’ve got a couple of “who knows” 5 rounders. One works fine, one is a jam-o-matic. I doubt I can find new springs for them (at a guess they are 40+ years old.

Qbeam · May 18, 2018

lazarus said:
I can’t say I have, but I haven’t touched promag. Their cabine mag reviews most places seem to hover around a 2 out of 5. Unfortunately I don’t think KCI makes any 10 rounders. I’ve got a couple of “who knows” 5 rounders. One works fine, one is a jam-o-matic. I doubt I can find new springs for them (at a guess they are 40+ years old.

Yeah, this is to tide me over to the next out of state gun show for KCI 30s and 15s.

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lazarus · May 18, 2018

Qbeam said:
Yeah, this is to tide me over to the next out of state gun show for KCI 30s and 15s.

Q

Could order delivered over the border. Though that is a pain in the butt depending on where you live in MD.

Qbeam · May 18, 2018

Yeah, but will likely hit the next Chantilly/Harrisburg/York show.

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ted76 · May 19, 2018

Qbeam said:
Yeah, but will likely hit the next Chantilly/Harrisburg/York show.

Q

You may be able to find some a the Gettysburg show next weekend, I think that SARCO is usually there,

Major03 · May 19, 2018

I was hoping to find some KCI 15 and 30’s too.

God I hate this state sometimes.

engineerbrian · May 20, 2018

I love the M1 carbine, I just wish ammo was a bit cheaper.

We got our hands on an Inland Manufacturing Paratrooper, pretty sweet gun :thumbsup:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D9Qc9vCQIU

lazarus · May 20, 2018

engineerbrian said:
I love the M1 carbine, I just wish ammo was a bit cheaper.

We got our hands on an Inland Manufacturing Paratrooper, pretty sweet gun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D9Qc9vCQIU

Reload? That's what I've been told to do. It is supposedly really easy to do because of the straight wall cases. But with a good sale and stuff it can be had for around $17 a box shipped (non-magnetic). That's not really cheap, but it is a heck of a lot less than .308.

Major03 · May 22, 2018

lazarus said:
Reload? That's what I've been told to do. It is supposedly really easy to do because of the straight wall cases. But with a good sale and stuff it can be had for around $17 a box shipped (non-magnetic). That's not really cheap, but it is a heck of a lot less than .308.

Definetly reload! Just make sure the case length is trimmed to SAMI specs. The 30 carbine can fire out of battery if you have a long case!!

As long as you pay attention to case length you should be able to reload quality soft point / HD ammo for a little less then cheap ball ammo.

Save yo brass!!

Worgenski · May 22, 2018

Shot my friends WW2 M1 carbine a couple weeks ago. He got it from his father in law in NY who couldn't keep it because of their laws. I have added to.my list of guns to buy.

jcutonilli · May 22, 2018

Gun Jesus just published a video on the M1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF0qH_zvfdU

it was interesting to learn about the mags and the recoil spring.

lazarus · May 22, 2018

jcutonilli said:
Gun Jesus just published a video on the M1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF0qH_zvfdU

it was interesting to learn about the mags and the recoil spring.

If you looked a little up thread I already posted the gun messiah’s interview :-)

It was really interesting to hear. It made me order a new recoil spring for my M1 carbine even though it’s been running like a champ with good magazines. Also finally ordered and replaced the springs in my 3 15rnd mags as I know 2 of the 3 were bad.

I don’t know the entire history of this carbine other than it was made in 1942 by inland and for at least probably 30-40 years (maybe longer) it lived in someone’s gun safe, they died and their son gave it to a friend who then sat around not using it much for years and then came to me.

dreadpirate · May 22, 2018

TheOriginalMexicanBob said:
Some will put down the .30 Carbine 110 grain bullet at 1900 fps but extoll the 9mm 115 grain at 1300 fps. Use a hollow point in the Carbine and it should perform just fine in a self-defense scenario.

Full disclosure...my uncle hit Omaha Beach in the first wave. He developed a severe dislike for the Carbine. He said he shot a German soldier and his exact words were "I hit the sumbitch three times and I bet he's still running!" My uncle said as soon as he could he dumped the Carbine and picked up a 1903 Springfield and carried that until a mortar round outside of St. Lo took him out. Everyone had a different experience with the M1 Carbine...many loved it and many didn't. Audie Murphy loved it...he carried what he called his "Lucky Carbine" and when its stock was damaged he wired and bolted it back together. His experience was positive.

The Carbine was intended to replace a pistol, not be a primary combat weapon but it sure found its way into front-line service.

Growing up I had a neighbor who was a WWII and a Korean war vet and LOVED his M1 Carbine.

Qbeam · May 23, 2018

With all the talk of M1 Carbines, where are the sources of parts for the carbines that people use? Gotta keep them running.

Q

Rambler · May 23, 2018

Qbeam said:
With all the talk of M1 Carbines, where are the sources of parts for the carbines that people use? Gotta keep them running.

Q

I would like to know as well. There was a guy who used to do many of the Maryland shows: PG Showplace, MoCo fairgrounds, Frederick etc. He advertised in Shotgun News as "PSW Sales" and I believe his name is Paul White. He had literally every part for M1 carbines sorted by manufacturer. Many a mismatch rebuild was magically transformed into factory matching with parts from those bins.

smdub · May 23, 2018

Rambler said:
"PSW Sales" and I believe his name is Paul White

Ha, that *HAS* to be the same Paul White that is a member of MDTCA

So he is still around. Very nice fellow.

Red1917 · May 23, 2018

Qbeam said:
With all the talk of M1 Carbines, where are the sources of parts for the carbines that people use? Gotta keep them running.

Q

This guy has a lot of parts and Ive bought a few off him, including a carbine spring kit. Hes usually at md and chantilly gun shows. I think its cool too hes local to ellicott city:

https://ellicottdepot.com/shopellicottdepot.html#!/M1-Carbine-Parts/c/2829063/offset=0&sort=normal

TheOriginalMexicanBob · May 23, 2018

Rambler said:
I would like to know as well. There was a guy who used to do many of the Maryland shows: PG Showplace, MoCo fairgrounds, Frederick etc. He advertised in Shotgun News as "PSW Sales" and I believe his name is Paul White. He had literally every part for M1 carbines sorted by manufacturer. Many a mismatch rebuild was magically transformed into factory matching with parts from those bins.

I remember Paul...he lives or lived not far from me when I was in Gaithersburg. I've no idea if he's still around or in business.

He's a great guy...did very good parkerizing and had most any part for a Carbine you could want. He could often build one for you while you waited at a gun show...he had all the tools to do so. He installed and headspaced a match barrel on an M1 Garand for me.

Rambler · May 23, 2018

smdub said:
Ha, that *HAS* to be the same Paul White that is a member of MDTCA So he is still around. Very nice fellow.

Nice fellow indeed. I wonder if he still has parts to sell?

Is MDTCA the Maryland Thompson Collectors Association?

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