VERY EARLY INLAND M1 CARBINE QUESTION
THIS OLD INLAND CARBINE ( SER# 2802 )WAS PROBABLY MADE IN THE FIRST WEEK OR TWO OF M1 CARBINE PRODUCTION AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT HAS SEEN SOME HARD USE AND I'M SURE SOME CHANGES OVER TIME -- MY QUESTION IS -- THERE ARE NO MARKINGS ON THE FRONT OF THE BARREL AND AS YOU CAN SEE SOMETHING WAS BRAZED OR SOLDERED ON TOP REAR OF THE BARREL ??? ANY IDEA WHAT WAS ON THE BARREL -- ALSO FROM WHAT I READ THERE WHERE MANY FAST CHANGES WHEN PRODUCTION BEGAN COULD THE UNMARKED BARREL BE CORRECT AND AGAIN WHAT WAS SOLDERED TO THE BARREL TOP --- THANK YOU -- RICK[img][/img]
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The brazing was undoubtedly done by a civilian, not by the military.
Your photos are too poor to tell what the barrel is. In the 1960's-1970's, some folks sporterized their carbines, which included polishing & bluing the barrel, or it might be a low quality unmarked Chinese replacement barrel. My guess is that someone attempted to attach a long eye relief scope to the barrel (a B-Square clamp mount will do the same thing without damaging the carbine).
There's no way to know for sure.
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You have a Type IIB barrel, it has the gas assembly swaged on. Your picture clearly shows a swaged gas assembly. Your early carbine should have a pinned gas assembly which it doesn't. You can check yourself, just look at the bottom of the barrel where the gas check is at. On the back curved side you would see a pin all the way thru.
Try to look the barrel over carefully there may be a proof mark 4-7 inches back of the muzzle, or look for a BI mark for a GMC barrel.
I assume your carbine was overhauled by a military arsenal at some point and a replacement barrel added.
Back in 60's & 70's carbines could be had for $75.00 and were a cheap gun to sporterize. Someone tried to solder a front scope mount to the barrel and the rear sight is removed for the rear mount. The solder job wasn't good and broke off.0
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