I need to hook my camera back up...but, I picked up quite a find at the local funstore yesterday.
M1 Carbine, Cal .30, Inland, Serial number 904x.
Yep, a 4-digit number. Barrel matches (Inland 6-42), rock-ola marked trigger housing with an IN marked hammer. Didn't get a chance to see who made the bolt. Found what I THINK is a tiny, tiny import marking on the right of the receiver, rear, behind the oprod area...but I can't see if it's really a marking or just random scratchings. The flip safety (not push) is marked with a horseshoe (?) with an M in it. MAg release is marked with an M as well. There's a bunch of strange markings under the barrel, where the oprod area moves back and forth... It has a late-model rear sight marked I.R. Co. a barrel band marked SA on the bottom of the bayonet lug area, and a correct single-piece recoil spring assembly (just the spring and plunger). The bolt seems to be a type 2 flat bolt. (not the early early ones with the very deep V where the extractor is., but the "improved" model after that).
I haven't had a chance to do more than remove it from the stock and remove the recoil spring. When I get a chance, I'll detail any other info I can find.
Anyone want to ballpark this?
I remember someone posted a while ago a site which lets you dissect when a rifle was made...you plugged in a serial number and it spat out when it was made, where it went, etc. Or was that just for the Garand? I can't really remember...