M1 Carbine Help Needed

[CEDaytonaRydr]

It is very typical to have M1 Carbine type 2 or 3 (those are the types with adjustable windage) cranked off center to shoot "straight". Not an indicator of there being something righteously wrong with your Carbine.

Garands are the same way. I think I've only ever owned one Garand that didn't have to have the windage moved to hit center, and I've owned 10-12 in my life.

[blackrat]

My blue sky needs some serious windage adjustment but it'll put them all in the same hole. From what I read when they re tooled these they didn't do sighting in procedures. In my case the front sight hasn't been filed down either so it shoots very low.

[Tom-ADC]

Should have mentioned, and why i asked, I heard blue sky bent some of the barrels when they stamped them.

I have a Blue Sky actually had two when they first came out, both were lightly stamped (early one?) and shot/shoot where they are pointed. Sold one few years after I bought it still have the Winchester.
BTW I heard the same thing about the later ones, something about not being stamped deep enough

[Milsurp Collector]

When people complain about M1 Carbines shooting to the side of the point of aim, usually it is to the right, not the left. There are multiple threads in the CMP forums about carbines shooting to the right, so it is odd to hear about one shooting to the left.

[Enfield47]

Did they mention what the cause might be for shooting to the right? I guess I ended up with the odd duck rifle that just has to be different.

[Milsurp Collector]

Did they mention what the cause might be for shooting to the right? I guess I ended up with the odd duck rifle that just has to be different.

No one knows, it's just not uncommon for them to shoot to the right.

[Fate]

If you aren't "chicken-winging" your trigger arm at a 90 degree angle (as was taught in WWII), it won't sit in your shoulder pocket the same as it would when shooting "modern style."

Inconsistent (or different) buttstock placement on your shoulder when shooting can throw off rounds. So if it was originally sighted one way, it will shoot different if you use another buttstock shoulder placement.

[bigbossman]

When people complain about M1 Carbines shooting to the side of the point of aim, usually it is to the right, not the left. There are multiple threads in the CMP forums about carbines shooting to the right, so it is odd to hear about one shooting to the left.

The last carbine I got shot about 10" to the right, and it had a brand new "never been fired: barrel on it. I just used a flat punch to drift the rear sight to the left, and zeroed the windage that way. No muss, no fuss, no special tool needed nor any staking in place involved. The rear sight is plenty snug in the dovetail.

[Twystd1]

Take a close up pic of your crown and post it up here.

A dinged crown will DRAMATICALLY effect the POI of a rifle.

Thats where I would start.

If you are near Orange County. And you need a recrown job.
I can re-crown your barrell in 15 minutes. For free. (PM me)

Lets see the crown pics so we can take that question out of the equation.

-T

[cqbdude]

I just acquired a carbine that shoots right and high.
Had to crank the sight all the way to the left...

I will try to drift the whole rear sight to the left.

[Enfield47]

Here is a close up pic of the crown. The knicks at the top of the barrel were the ones I was most concerned about. None of them are into the lands or grooves that I can tell.

[ccandgc]

M1 Carbine Help Needed

Looks ok to me.....I'm still betting on the rear sight.

[Enfield47]

I'll know for sure on Sunday if I can crank it to the right enough. After cleaning everything, I cranked the sight almost as far as it can go to the right. If that doesn't do it, I'll need to drift the sight to the right a bit.

[TRAP55]

If you are near Orange County. And you need a recrown job. I can re-crown your barrell in 15 minutes. For free. (PM me)
-T

Can't beat an offer like that!
A clean up on that crown sure wouldn't hurt anything.

[Twystd1]

Your crown job is a bit off center.

That will have an effect on your POI. This is PART of your problem. Albeit a small part. Yet still a issue.

Give me a PM with your phone number. Lets see if we can come up with some more answers.

-T