Researching a Carbine.

[GewehrJager]

I've been researching an m1 carbine I have, and figured here was a good place to get some input.

The Gun itself is in great condition, the barrel is clean as I imagine they can be (it shines and should have its own musical theme), and the markings indicate it was made during Wartime.

The receiver itself is marked "Saginaw S'G' " and the serial (1833XXX ) falls into the Irwin-Pedersen Saginaw Gear block.
It has a rear flip sight (unsure if its original or not, hoping for original, if it was an S.G. I would imagine it wasnt).

The Barrel is a Buffalo Arms 8-43 (which leads to further proof of being from the Grand Rapids Saginaw location.)

The stock has been replaced, I have its original but it had been previously Brutalized and required replacing. Since the rear half was removed there is no telling where it, the stock, was made.
The buttplate has some (minor) odd corrosion on it and aside from a few marks and the upper hand guard being a bit worse for wear is in fine condition over all.

Just thought I would share. It is a beautiful gun and would love to here some thoughts from others with interest or knowledge in the m1 Carbine.

[Fate]

Pics and a worksheet would be helpful to tell you more.

[GewehrJager]

Sorry, im a bit layman here. I have no clue what you mean by a worksheet. All there is to know of this gun is what is described above. The only thing I can add is some faded markings on the upper handguard and a couple discolorations on the outside of the barrel.

Pics may take a while to get. Im a bit of an anachronist when it comes to handy tech gadgets.

[NRAhighpowershooter]

A worksheet lists all the markings on the various parts, ie. hammer, triger, sear, trigger housing, slide, mag release etc.....

[Jarhead]

these may help for research, maybe someone will post a link to worksheet?

http://www.fulton-armory.com/M1Carbine.htm

http://home.att.net/~ra-carbines/history.html

http://www.amazon.com/Carbines-Wartime-Production-Revised-Expanded/dp/1882391438

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

The flip up sight is original; rearsenaled carbines had the fixed sight which could be adjusted.

[Fate]

The flip up sight is original; rearsenaled carbines had the fixed sight which could be adjusted.

Well that really depends on how long it's been in the OP's hands. There are MANY fake/repro flip sights adorning seemingly "correct" carbines out there.

[LeadIntoGold]

Its a complete fake, its made out of plastic.. I'll give you 30$ to take it off your hands..

So, you digging the Calguns? pretty sweet on here, isn't it?

I don't have the C&R paperworks yet.. I'll get you a copy.

ATF takes their swweeeeetttt bureaucratic time with this stuff.

[Spiggy]

Pics and a worksheet would be helpful to tell you more.

Basically, we need to know the marks on every part possible

[GewehrJager]

ill try and get the thing apart here soon, and then we can see. When I get the time ofcourse.

[5thstreet@sbcglobal.net]

You can send it to me and Ill break it down and log the parts, clean and oil it for and the you'll never hear from me again. I mean uhhhhh Ill send it back to you ASAP ( uninsured with no sig conformation so If it gets lost its the post offices fault)

[Hoop]

I have one that's inland trigger, barrel, adjustable rear sight, inland round bolt, and inland slide. The handguard has a PJ on it, can't find any marks on the stock itself, barrel band has a JM on it, magazine release button has what looks like an M underlined on it. The serial number on the slide is a bit hard to see but it doesn't look like it matches the receiver - they are both 7 million serials though. I also found some marks on the underside of the barrel near the slide - looked like 3 P O W 5 Q and some other crap I couldn't see.

Any idea what this is worth? I figured it was just a standard mixmaster inland. The rifle itself is in decent shape, no better or worse than others I've seen.