M1 Carbine

[giants_fan24]

I have an Alpine M1 carbine with a six number ser.# starting with 300xxx. Does anybody know what year it was made? Heres some pics of the rifle:

http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy164/jen_flip0924/DSC_0713.jpg

http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy164/jen_flip0924/DSC_0715.jpg

http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy164/jen_flip0924/DSC_0714.jpg

[bruce381]

They made aprox 17,000 comercial copies of the M1 carbine from 1962 to 1965. It has been stated that some of them were rewelded recivers, some were cast probably not the strongest way to go. Not a real collectable but a clone.