rock island M1 carbine
Just looked at a m1 carbine made bt R.I this rifle has no S.N.#It looks to be a cast reciver,with some military parts.This must have been made before 1968.i did a quick search on google and did not find much info.The stock is military and is marked 1962.anyone have info on this carbine?Thanks .
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The US Arsenal at Rock Island (RIA) never produced carbines, although they did rebuilt tens of thousands. The commercial firm known as Rock Island Inc, which is a division of Springfield Armory Inc., did produce some carbines back in the early 1980s using new receivers and as many old USGI parts as they could find. These rifles would have a serial number. I am curious where the marking R.I is found on the receiver. A few photos would be helpful. 0 -
Mark,I dont own this carbine,its at a gun shop.The markings are under the rear sight and not easy to see.i am stating what the dealers tag says.I know this is not a GI carbine.With no sn# I thought this must have been made before 68.I can find nothing on rock island in that time frame.thanks. 0 -
If you cannot see the markings then how do you know it was made by Rock Island? Carbines as they came off the production line did not have adjustable rear sights, that was added during post war over hauls and often obscured the serial number on the top of the receiver. Where exactly were the words Rock Island stamped on the receiver? 0
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