1943 Inland M1 Carbine

[butlersrangers]

Actually, I'm a leg man.

[psteinmayer]

Hilarious pic Chuck!!! Love it

[Lead Snowstorm]

Very nice.

One of my M1 carbines is a 4-43 Inland. Got it a couple of years before carbine prices went even crazier after the MidwayUSA sale. It was listed as having no import marks, price firm, non-negotiable, but the minute I got it in my hands and saw the silvery park and serial in front of the rear sight, I was almost certain it was a Korean import.







Sure enough:



Showed the seller, his face fell, we eventually settled on a price about $125 less than advertised. Fun little blaster.

[butlersrangers]

My Korean import has a thin, varied, and maybe original finish on its metal parts.

[King carp]

After reading this post and shooting my friends M-1 carbine i thought it would be cool to own one. My buddies is a mint one made by standard products with lots of extras. Well the lgs and cabelas by me each had one. They are still there. Talk about sticker shock! I figured it would be best to stick to my M-1 garand for a semi auto U.S. military rifle and call it a day. I wish i would have picked one up when they were in the realm of reason. Below is a pic of my friends M-1.

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[P0H0]

Okay, here is a better write up.

I took the M1 Carbine out and shot at 200 Yards and failed to hit the paper. Rather than wasting ammo, I went over to the 100 yard range — there was not a shorter distance range available today (other shooters). At 100 yards I noticed through the spotting scope I was hitting the correct elevation (I used 150 yard flip sight) but was way far right. After some experimenting, I decided to aim at the left side of the paper and brought it about 4” from the bullseye. I am guessing that I am about 10 to 12 inches/MOA off.

I have ordered in a rear sight removal tool to adjust — my range bag plastic punch and hammer were not budging the sight left (M1 Carbine sights are slid in right to left), and I really didn’t want to damage anything.

M1 Carbine Rear Sight Removal and Installation Gunsmithing Tool https://a.co/d/83A6mVX

I read that adjusting the front sight height .006” will change the strike of the round 1” at 100 yards/ 1 MOA — is this the same for windage? Should I move the rear sight left 1/16” (.006” X 10 =. 06”)?

In the photo below I am aiming at the red X and the results are circled in yellow.

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Well I guess it wasn’t unheard of to have this problem — here is a picture of mine and another M1 with the rear sight moved far left.

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[P0H0]

Oh, I feel that I should share some success. This was 20 rounds from the 1903 A3 at 200 Yards.

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[P0H0]

Here is the M1 Garand at 200 Yards with 16 rounds:

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[butlersrangers]

Nice clear 4th of July in Ohio!
The mountains have been hazy during our jaunt in the "Smokies". I think from the fires in Canada.
Some patches of blue sky, with brief showers and thunderstorms, daily. The mountains are more clear for a while, following the rains.

[King carp]

Thats a nice looking trio. Its a shame that were i live a M-1 carbine is basically not legal to own anymore. Maybe after relocating i will look into getting one.