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I'm thinking of buying a new manufacturer M1 Carbine. What are your recommendations? |
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Originally Posted By dogsplat: Auto-ordnance makes one. Maybe it won’t be a POS like the Magnum-lite 22 they sold me. Fulton Armory. $3,000. lol Good luck. Holy crap!! They increased in price again?! I'm getting a Fulton Armory carbine soon. Damn, maybe I should get it before they hit 5k! 
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Originally Posted By dogsplat: Auto-ordnance makes one. Maybe it won’t be a POS like the Magnum-lite 22 they sold me. Fulton Armory. $3,000. lol Good luck. New "Inland" isn't dimensionally correct in the bolt. They screwed up their measurements. Fulton's are beautiful, but just buy a GI one, an early Universal, or a Plainfield, OP. Got a Saginaw a few months ago for $500 at a show. Beat up stock, mixmaster, but it runs. |
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Originally Posted By backbencher: New "Inland" isn't dimensionally correct in the bolt. They screwed up their measurements. Fulton's are beautiful, but just buy a GI one, an early Universal, or a Plainfield, OP. Got a Saginaw a few months ago for $500 at a show. Beat up stock, mixmaster, but it runs. I've been looking for a used GI one. No luck so far. |
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Originally Posted By markmars: I've been looking for a used GI one. No luck so far. Originally Posted By markmars: Originally Posted By backbencher: New "Inland" isn't dimensionally correct in the bolt. They screwed up their measurements. Fulton's are beautiful, but just buy a GI one, an early Universal, or a Plainfield, OP. Got a Saginaw a few months ago for $500 at a show. Beat up stock, mixmaster, but it runs. I've been looking for a used GI one. No luck so far. Have you tried a local gun show? Gunbroker? GIs run generally around $1k, + or -. I've been lucky. |
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| I know a lot folks on here don't like them but check out Royal Tiger Imports. They have a bunch of USGI carbines they got from Africa & they've been doing email specials lately for different makers for $1,000. They are import marked and will have late war features but they are probably the best deal going outside of buying off gunbroker & they acceptt C&R licenses. |
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Originally Posted By SNAFU-M1A: I know a lot folks on here don't like them but check out Royal Tiger Imports. They have a bunch of USGI carbines they got from Africa & they've been doing email specials lately for different makers for $1,000. They are import marked and will have late war features but they are probably the best deal going outside of buying off gunbroker & they acceptt C&R licenses. I have been seeing those. The problem with RT is that they misrepresent them in their grading system. I bought a C grade carbine from them, and it was horrendous. No rifling, broken stock, etc. I would never buy anything under a grade B. |
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Originally Posted By wtjosaas: 19 weeks since I placed my order for a Fulton Armory M1 Carbine. They say they are waiting for chrome lined barrels. If you don't want a chrome lined barrel you can get it right away. It can take 4-5 months for them to do a new 1. My 2nd 1 I bought new was during the Covid crap, it took 8 months. It'll be worth the wait. |
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Attached File Very happy with my James River with the rail I added. |
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Originally Posted By coldblue: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/19411/M1_Carbine_RTop_Close_jpg-3666685.JPG Very happy with my James River with the rail I added. Unfortunately they no longer make carbines. I tried a JRA Carbine receiver built by Fulton and it was just out of spec enough where I ended up having Fulton replace the JRA receiver with one of theirs. I need to finish filing down the front sight for zero. I took a dive back into film photography this year and never seem to get it to the range |
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Originally Posted By markmars: I've been looking for a used GI one. No luck so far. I found one on GB last year for $1300 shipped and it’s got early war parts (except the adjustable sight). Someone refinished the wood, but it looks great. I wanted one with a push button safety and this one has a checkered push button safety so that’s great. |
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Originally Posted By SNAFU-M1A: I know a lot folks on here don't like them but check out Royal Tiger Imports. They have a bunch of USGI carbines they got from Africa & they've been doing email specials lately for different makers for $1,000. They are import marked and will have late war features but they are probably the best deal going outside of buying off gunbroker & they acceptt C&R licenses. That's where I got the IBM and the import Mark is barely visible. One suggestion is if you do buy from them pay the extra $100 or $200 for the hand select. My wife's shoots good and looks good I might have been able to find one cheap or someplace else but I wanted an IBM and not any other make. |
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Originally Posted By sparky923: Wannemachers examples ranged from $1400 to $4300. NOPE. Originally Posted By sparky923: Originally Posted By backbencher: Have you tried a local gun show? Gunbroker? GIs run generally around $1k, + or -. I've been lucky. Wannemachers examples ranged from $1400 to $4300. NOPE. I said local, not the world's largest gun show. Y'all don't have gun shows out there? |
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Originally Posted By DonFlynn: Those look to be the new production "Inland manufacturing" carbines, not USGI era Inland Division/GM ones Saginaw at Aim |
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Originally Posted By backbencher: I said local, not the world's largest gun show. Y'all don't have gun shows out there? Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By sparky923: Originally Posted By backbencher: Have you tried a local gun show? Gunbroker? GIs run generally around $1k, + or -. I've been lucky. Wannemachers examples ranged from $1400 to $4300. NOPE. I said local, not the world's largest gun show. Y'all don't have gun shows out there? Around here, gun show M1 Carbines seem to fall in to two categories: Overpriced surplus guns and $1000+ Universals. And we're close enough to the CMP North Store where there should be a TON of CMP carbines running around the area. I guess they "know what they got". Your best bet is to grab one from someone walking theirs, before the vendors hawk it. I don't see a lot walk in, though. |
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Originally Posted By tep0583: Around here, gun show M1 Carbines seem to fall in to two categories: Overpriced surplus guns and $1000+ Universals. And we're close enough to the CMP North Store where there should be a TON of CMP carbines running around the area. I guess they "know what they got". Your best bet is to grab one from someone walking theirs, before the vendors hawk it. I don't see a lot walk in, though. Originally Posted By tep0583: Originally Posted By backbencher: Originally Posted By sparky923: Originally Posted By backbencher: Have you tried a local gun show? Gunbroker? GIs run generally around $1k, + or -. I've been lucky. Wannemachers examples ranged from $1400 to $4300. NOPE. I said local, not the world's largest gun show. Y'all don't have gun shows out there? Around here, gun show M1 Carbines seem to fall in to two categories: Overpriced surplus guns and $1000+ Universals. And we're close enough to the CMP North Store where there should be a TON of CMP carbines running around the area. I guess they "know what they got". Your best bet is to grab one from someone walking theirs, before the vendors hawk it. I don't see a lot walk in, though. You do get amazing deals seated behind a table. But I've bought two working GI carbines for $500 at shows, one several years back as a punter, and then recently as a dealer from a punter. |
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