Question about Mi carbine..

[Lucky Scott]

Friend of mine has a Mi carbine he bought years and years ago.
Universal Arms is the brand (I guess?) He thinks it is the civilian version. Says it does not have the heat grid on top, just a piece of wood.

He does not have any magazines. He wants to know if it takes a universal M1 magazine. Or does it take something special.

And where would he get a few magazines for it?

Any advice is helpful. I just don't know anything about M1's.

[hermosabeach]

https://forums.thecmp.org/forumdisplay.php?f=6

Send your friend to the forum above

Is your friend in Cali?

Lots of aftermarket mags. My general rule- avoid all the newly manufactured Korean magazines

Not sure where a CA resident can find a 10 round magazine for the M1

[Spyder]

Regular M1 mags will work fine. 10 rounders are out there. Buy a couple and go enjoy it!

[Lucky Scott]

Is your friend in Cali?

Lots of aftermarket mags


Yes, he is in California. Where can he buy aftermarket mags?

[Lucky Scott]

Regular M1 mags will work fine. 10 rounders are out there. Buy a couple and go enjoy it!



Thank you

[toro1]

Is your friend in Cali?


Yes, he is in California. Where can he buy aftermarket mags?

I bought a couple from these guys and they worked well.

https://www.keepshooting.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=m1+magazine

[Spyder]

The Universal brand is generally looked down on by purists and snobs and such, but...if it works, it works, and it will be plenty fun. I had one many years ago that I never had a problem with. It was in a light colored birch stock and functioned fine with everything but the big curved mags. It just wasn't a GI gun. Now I've got a VERY nice '43 Inland and some Bavarians, so I no longer have the Universal...but if his shoots fine, keep it and shoot it and have fun with it!

[TKM]

At least he didn't get stuck with a Universal Destroyer.

A weapon that aspired to be the HiPoint of it's day.


And failed.

[paratroop]

Like the other fella said, keepshooting.com

Those are the only aftermarket mags that worked in my m1car.

I did get some gi mags during freedom week from one of the coolest fellas around here!(Haven't even used them though, no time for shooting lately!)