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M1 carbine $400?

chumchum
Hi, Does that seem fair for a carbine it looks in decent shape and the bore looks good. The last time I bought one of these from the dealer I paid $125, that tells you how long it's been. I assume it's an import, I can't make it out the whole stamp except Arlington VA on the barrel. What I was wondering is if the barrel is original to the gun. The receiver is Inland in the 440,000 serial number range and the barrel is Inland General Motors 5-43? Is their a site that tells me what the markings stand for. I see abunch of stamps on the parts.

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  • Laredo Lefty
    $400 would be about right for an Inland imported carbine. Its probably a "Blue Sky" import. Blue Sky had the most aweful stamps of all the importers, big letters and stamped deep into the metal.
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  • nmyers
    At that price, it's hard to go wrong on a USGI carbine, even a Blue Sky import. However, since some Blue Sky's were abused & may not be safe to fire, it would be best to pay for a technical inspection by a gunsmith familiar with carbines.

    Inland began production in November 1941, & your receiver was in the first batch completed near the beginning of 1942. The barrel, like most other parts on your carbine, is a replacement.

    There are too many variations in parts for a website; you could fill a book with them. And, that book is "US M1 Carbines, Wartime Production" by Craig Riesch.

    Neal
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  • fordsix
    if it has the big blue sky stamp on the barrel avoid it
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  • brier-49
    Why avoid a blue sky stamp?? I have one, shoots great. I bought it to shoot so I'm not shooting my Winchester.
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  • MrOrange
    quote:Originally posted by brier-49
    Why avoid a blue sky stamp?? I have one, shoots great. I bought it to shoot so I'm not shooting my Winchester.

    A lot of them were stamped so deep that the bore was actually distorted.
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