250 Yard M1 Carbine shooting video

[imarangemaster]

I am already a huge M1 Carbine fan, since I carried one as a LEO trunk weapon for much of my career, but this impressed even me. I've killed deer at 100 yards with one, so I know 110 JSP makes a nasty hole!

He shoots 250 yards with Inland M1 Carbine, iron sights: Steel plate silhouette, milk jugs with water, and 12" steel plates! Same ME at 250 yards as a9mm FMJ at the muzzle, too. I never thought much past the 100 yard effectiveness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjy6FRWOmhc

[jrau13]

Very well done video. I enjoyed it and not having shot an M1 I really did not know its potential.

[imarangemaster]

Another two about it by same authors:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRM9nGPsPgs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzKS8dT3e0o&feature=fvwrel

[Tack]

He can shoot!

[duggan]

My dad has an M1 Carbine and that thing is a blast, smacking a gong at 150 was easy but we didn't run it out to 250, next time I take it out I'm going to give that a shot.

[smle-man]

Doesn't he know that Chinese army cotton quilted uniforms were impervious to .30 bullets during the Korean war? He should've tested that and watched the bullets bounce off. (Sarcasm)

[imarangemaster]

Actually, awhile back "Box of Truth" duplicated the myth of Chinese uniforms stopping M1 Carbine rounds and debunked it. A number of years ago, I saw som analysis that showed that M2 carbines got a bad rap from untrained/uncontrolled full auto fire and trying to engage Chinese at way too far (300+ yards). The simple truth was they were missing their targets. same happened in Vietnam with "spray and pray."

[imarangemaster]

Here's a Weaponology on French Foreign Legion weapons on the M1 carbine (starting at 5:12). What the carbine does to the clay block by the commentator amazes even him! That was done with a 110 FMJ, which actually yaws and tumbles VERY well according to Fackler's tests.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6SyFPvTDEY&feature=related

[imarangemaster]

Guns and Ammo TV has a great short on the M1 Carbine:

http://archives.gunsandammo.com/video/rifle/classic-guns/reviews/m1-carbine

Larry Vickers, military weapons guru, also likes the M1 carbine and has a short;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HIywR-m6RI

8 layers of frozen soaked denim in front of a 6x6 piece of wood, then through a water jug.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7ktaTbgQsU

[imarangemaster]

One more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=fSTJe-2nsiU

[h0use]

nice!

[imarangemaster]

I am not saying an M1 Carbine is the "BEST" choice. Besides my Inland M1 Carbine, I have a restored Saiga AK and an AR platform. I am just saying it is often underrated and misunderstood. Those who say it is a pistol caliber are full of BS. At 200 yards, 110 grns at 1970 FPS MV beats a 9mm at the muzzle! There are many hundreds of thousands of dead enemy combatants from WW2, Korea, and even into Vietnam that fell victim to this "inferior" weapon. It is a very viable choice as a sub 150 yard PDW, that will do in a pinch at 200-250 in the right hands.

[wikidklown]

Wow, that was nice. I'm sure it has to do with the shooter as well but man I have a Universal M1 carbine but now I may want to get one of those surplus ones...
Thanks for sharing the vid!

[Lagduf]

Saw the thread title and said to myself "oh, someone just discovered TNOutdoors9's youtube channel"

Seriously guys, it's worth a subscription - particularly if you're a fan of stuff like Hickock45.

[peter95]

I like all the videos he makes.... Very well done and informative...
Anyways.... I will get one of those one day when I'm ready...