Barrel markings on M1 carbine.

clydes3030

October 13, 2014 07:21

Did the DCM or CMP ever mark the barrels of M1 Carbines. I have markings I can not decipher. See [https://www.dropbox.com/s/ivjeb8jvmtq06ky/inland4.jpg?dl=0][https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bp6cvtltvr0o94/2014-10-13 10.41.31.jpg?dl=0]photo. It looks like a double stamp Arlington, VA. at the end. Thanks for any and all info. John

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  nmyers

  October 13, 2014 07:39

  DCM never marked anything; it was an office in Washington DC. All guns sold were shipped from US arsenals.
  
  CMP never stamped the barrels, although some parts on rifles sold by them have new commercial parts.
  
  What you see are import markings, which are the name, city, & state of the importer. Resolution is not good enough for us to decipher what yours are.
  
  Neal

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  Spider7115

  October 13, 2014 07:44

  If it's stamped Arlington, Va, that would be Blue Sky Productions. They imported, and often rebuilt with various parts, surplus M1's from South Korea.

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  clydes3030

  October 13, 2014 08:05

  Thanks.quote:Originally posted by nmyers
  DCM never marked anything; it was an office in Washington DC. All guns sold were shipped from US arsenals.
  
  CMP never stamped the barrels, although some parts on rifles sold by them have new commercial parts.
  
  What you see are import markings, which are the name, city, & state of the importer. Resolution is not good enough for us to decipher what yours are.
  
  Neal

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  clydes3030

  October 13, 2014 08:05

  Thanks.quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
  If it's stamped Arlington, Va, that would be Blue Sky Productions. They imported, and often rebuilt with various parts, surplus M1's from South Korea.

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  rufe-snow

  October 13, 2014 10:48

  Here is a photo, with much clearer markings. I got off the net.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  countryfarmer

  October 17, 2014 17:47

  My carbines are Blue Skys but the stamp is so small you could easily mistake it for a scratch on the metal.

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  xxx97

  October 17, 2014 19:20

  quote:Originally posted by countryfarmer
  My carbines are Blue Skys but the stamp is so small you could easily mistake it for a scratch on the metal.
  +1... Same here...very small font!!

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  perry shooter

  October 18, 2014 04:47

  Rules stated they had to be marked but Not how big or how deep.Some people would take a tool steel Shaft and roll along these markings to try to iron them back into the metal and then use some dried grease mixed with wax to hide the then indistinct markings

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