Description
Item Description
Model: M1 Carbine
Serial: 150-522
Date of Manufacture: 1943
Caliber: .30 Carbine
Finish: Blued
Barrel Length: 17.5"
Optics/Sights: Standard Front Post, Rear Peep
Stock/Grips: Wood
Action: Semi-Automatic
Markings: Standard
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The United States military had the semi-automatic M1 Garand rifle but there was a realization that something between a rifle and pistol was needed. The U.S. Army hadn’t had a carbine in use in 44 years. The call went out for a light rifle in 1938. The search for a carbine -- with a requirement that the gun weigh less than five pounds -- began in June, 1940, just 18 months before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The gun’s design was in part created by David Marshall “Carbine” Williams when he was an inmate in a North Carolina prison serving a murder sentence. Fourteen of his patents were used in the gun's design.
National Postal Meter received a contract to manufacture M1 carbines in April, 1942. It obtained a former automobile showroom and repair shop and drew supervisory and engineering personnel from across the country. National Postal Meter laid out a production line and did preliminary engineering and production. Each company had to provide 10 guns for production tests that included physical inspection along with accuracy, endurance, dust, mud, and rain. National Postal Meter delivered a pilot lot of five guns in January, 1943. The test guns were received as dirty, according to reports, with carbon present on the bolt and extractor and traces of light rust on the magazine catch spring on three of the guns. That said, their accuracy was satisfactory and endurance was excellent.
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Return Policy
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