Tracking a Carbine like a Garand?

[19K]

hilarious, they don’t even keep track of the weapons that meticulously in today’s armories.

[TRICKSTER]

Good luck on that one. Either weapon.
As a side note, there are more assembled-from-surplus/scrapped parts USGI carbines from the late 50's/early 60's in circulation than there are actual surplussed whole guns from uncle sam. Not to mention the commercial carbines from the same period, of which there are millions.

Just curious, what commercial manufacturer produced millions of commercial M1 carbines

[Mustang]

Just curious, what commercial manufacturer produced millions of commercial M1 carbines

http://www.m1carbinesinc.com/carbines.html

[TRICKSTER]

http://www.m1carbinesinc.com/carbines.html

I am aware of companies that produced commercial carbines. I am just wondering which ones had produce numbers of them that reached into the millions?

[kendog4570]

I was referring to all of them, from the early 60's to present day. Shouldn't have said same period.
You get the idea.

[SkyHawk]

Good luck on that one. Either weapon.
As a side note, there are more assembled-from-surplus/scrapped parts USGI carbines from the late 50's/early 60's in circulation than there are actual surplussed whole guns from uncle sam. Not to mention the commercial carbines from the same period, of which there are millions.

Yep! That is why that last batch of Carbines from The CMP had way more orders than guns. Straight from the US Army. I'm lucky to have gotten one, I'll never let go of it.

[aghauler]

CMP will check to see if it ever passed through their hands. If it was sold before 1996 their records are incomplete and may not show results. The search is $25 if they find anything or not. They will not tell you the name of the previous owner or issue a certificate

But they may tell you the selling price and date sold if it was one of the CMP Auction items. Found out last year I picked up a $850 CMP Auction Carbine sold on the CMP Auction site March 2008 for $600! Plus it still had the CMP hangtag on it!
And yes the letter does cost $25.

[aghauler]

Since you mentioned Patton, did you know, he once hunted Pancho Villa, ended up killing Villa's second in command?

Strapped him to the hood of his car didn't he?

[Orlando]

But they may tell you the selling price and date sold if it was one of the CMP Auction items. Found out last year I picked up a $850 CMP Auction Carbine sold on the CMP Auction site March 2008 for $600! Plus it still had the CMP hangtag on it!
And yes the letter does cost $25.

Yes I have had them search 5 Garands

[onelonehorseman]

Since you mentioned Patton, did you know, he once hunted Pancho Villa, ended up killing Villa's second in command?

Yep, during the 1916 Punitive expedition under Gen. Pershing. . . . . The last great US Cavalry expedition

[loademup]

that one could track their Garand down

The State of California is slowly accomplishing what the army could not do with its DROS and registration processes, the ability to track your firearms...of course, that is not the kind of tracking not everyone would want tracked down.