Well i got my first M1 Carbine today and a gun show for $600
Here is what i know about it so far
1943 Quality Hardware & Machine Co with an 1943 IBM corp. barrel , flat bolt , proof marked stock , and thats about i know about it.
I do know its one of 359,666 total Quality Hardware & Machine Co carbines made during the war. A total of 6,221,220 carbines where made during the war from all the makers put together.
And from what i found so far also that Quality Hardware & Machine Co only made the recivers and got all the other parts from other makers to assemble their rifles. If this is true than my rifle most likly has the orginal barrel on it.
Any one have any more info. please share it.
Thanks E3
I also got a M1 Garand two weeks ago at a gun show its a 1943 Springfield with a SA 1-43 barrel date so it still has the origal barrel on it and its all SA except for the trigger housing and its a HNR