mawkie
C&R Whisperer
-Always a story with me. This one starts at a Montgomery County Silverado gun show back in the mid 90s. I employed a brilliant young engineer named Pete in my lab who was fascinated over the fact that IBM built M1 Carbines and was determined to buy one. At that time Paul White was a fixture at MD gunshows in the DC metro area and also ran ads in Shotgun News. He specialized in M1 Carbines. So we made a bee line to his table upon entering the hall. Paul didn't have an IBM in his rack but told us to wait while he pulled out a barreled action and proceeded to assemble an M1 while we watched.
-Over time I kept telling Pete that I wanted first right of refusal if he ever decided to let the IBM go. Fast forward 30 years later, Pete, who earned a law degree in night school, is now working as a patent lawyer. He calls me and asks what I think the M1 is worth. After looking up recent closed sales on GB he gives me a proposal: buy him a 3D printer and he'll swap that for the M1. I leapt at the deal and now have a nice M1 along with 4 magazines and 100 rounds of ammo.
-The receiver on this example was built by Auto Ordnance, denoted by the "AO" stamp on the rear of the receiver. The SN puts production in Feb '43. As is often seen in M1 Carbines this one was reworked at some point after the war. Which explains how the original flip rear sight was replaced by an adjustable type 3 stamped base sight.
-Over time I kept telling Pete that I wanted first right of refusal if he ever decided to let the IBM go. Fast forward 30 years later, Pete, who earned a law degree in night school, is now working as a patent lawyer. He calls me and asks what I think the M1 is worth. After looking up recent closed sales on GB he gives me a proposal: buy him a 3D printer and he'll swap that for the M1. I leapt at the deal and now have a nice M1 along with 4 magazines and 100 rounds of ammo.
-The receiver on this example was built by Auto Ordnance, denoted by the "AO" stamp on the rear of the receiver. The SN puts production in Feb '43. As is often seen in M1 Carbines this one was reworked at some point after the war. Which explains how the original flip rear sight was replaced by an adjustable type 3 stamped base sight.
The M1 Carbine was my pal during the Baltimore City Riots in '68. I felt very secure with the "ONE" round of ammo they gave us which had to be kept in a pocket.
