My Saginaw Gear M1 carbine barreled receiver after adding a few parts to it. My 1955  HRA Garand is just above it dressed up in an M1907 leather sling.

I took them both to the range today and had a blast. Both shot flawlessly.

The AR is my PSA M4 clone KISS carbine.



What it looked like before parts installed:

That's awesome! They all look good!

That's sweet.  I've an IBM - but only a bare receiver.  Any guide to assembly or parts sources?

I had forgotten that DCM sold carbine receivers.  Very nice.

Parts are available but they are expensive. Ebay, Riverbanks Armory, Numrich, and Northridge International are a good place to start. Assembling one isn't hard especially if the barrel is already installed. You can install the barrel yourself if you have a vise but then you would have to make sure it headspaces correctly. That's the one thing I take my carbines and garands to a smith for.

ETA replaced "build" with "assemble" because some people take issue with the word.

I know how to install the barrel, but please tell us about the rest of the build

I prefer to use the word "assemble" since I don't know what's involved in "building" one. I edited my earlier post to correct this.

I've been collecting and shooting carbines for about 30 years now and have built up a respectable spare parts box. Since I pretty much knew I wasn't going to make it to Anniston in time to scrap for one of the 35 carbines I was counting on them having some barreled receivers on hand. The CMP did not disappoint.

Anyway, the walnut stock is an early Inland high-wood with a cross-cannon cartouche that came on a CMP Winchester. The flip sight is IBM. The op-rod, bolt, and trigger group are Inland. The front barrel band is a repro. The front sight post is an unmarked NOS part.

I will probably, over time, acquire the parts to make this a correct S.G. but in the meantime she shoots fine just the way she is.

I got a CMP barreled Inland receiver years ago, and assembled a nice shooter from it.  It is not that hard with a few special tools.  

Looks good but be very careful of that company in California selling parts. He is a well know seller of fake parts