CMP M1 carbine question, aren't they select fire?

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - CMP M1 carbine question, aren't they select fire?

Posted: 12/30/2006 8:54:35 AM EDT

I thought the m1 carbine was select fire but maybe I am thinking of the later models??

or am I way off.

are these just semi or converted back to semi?

Posted: 12/30/2006 8:56:21 AM EDT

[#1]

M2 carbines are select fire.

Posted: 12/30/2006 8:57:36 AM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
M2 carbines are select fire.

and when are those being surplused

Posted: 12/30/2006 8:58:23 AM EDT

[#3]

Yeah they are.

Safe or semi, you select.

Posted: 12/30/2006 9:07:41 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:

Quoted:
M2 carbines are select fire.

and when are those being surplused

An admirable dream. They'll probably hit the market around the same time that all those pre-86 government M16s are surplused, sent to CMP, and added to the NFA so that lowly civilians like us can buy them. You should be able to buy one any day now.

Posted: 12/30/2006 9:20:26 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Yeah they are.

Safe or semi, you select.

Posted: 12/30/2006 9:21:59 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:

Quoted:
M2 carbines are select fire.

and when are those being surplused

The idiots wouldn't even surplus out M14s-even when it was shown that it was easy to convert them to semi auto.

Posted: 12/30/2006 9:23:02 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

Quoted:
M2 carbines are select fire.

and when are those being surplused

The idiots wouldn't even surplus out M14s-even when it was shown that it was easy to convert them to semi auto.

that blows

Posted: 12/30/2006 9:36:54 AM EDT

[#8]

I think that the M1 carbine was changed over to a M2 carbine by GIs using their shoe strings.

Posted: 12/30/2006 10:14:56 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

Quoted:
M2 carbines are select fire.

and when are those being surplused

Many, including my Dad, had one in the years following WWII. He converted it and got rid of it.

Posted: 12/30/2006 10:17:40 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
I thought the m1 carbine was select fire but maybe I am thinking of the later models??

or am I way off.

are these just semi or converted back to semi?

You are way off.

The M1 carbines are semi-auto only.

A descendent of the M1 carbine, the M2 short rifle is a fully automatic weapon. There were lots of M1 carbines produced for WWII, but nowhere near as many M2s produced in Korea and later years.

Posted: 12/30/2006 10:19:52 AM EDT

[#11]

M2 parts kits used to be widely available.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - CMP M1 carbine question, aren't they select fire?

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