It's not very tactical but it is a Carbine

[tranefan]

Greetings. I picked up my carbine a couple of weeks ago at the C&E Gun Show in Hickory, NC. It is stamped Inland on both the receiver and the barrel along with a date of 1-44. The serial # prefix is 493. The stock is from an M-2.



The below picture shows the result of my first trip to the range with my carbine. As you can see I ran 5 strings of ten through it. The max distance at the indoor range is 25 yds which is what I took the target out to. I obviously have work to do but I guess it's not bad for a first time shooting an M-1 carbine. I did have 3 or 4 FTF (each time it was either the last or next to last round)and I'm pretty sure it was due to a weak magazine spring. I plan on getting a couple of new magazines soon so I hope that the issue will be corrected.

[long762range]

You picked up a fine rifle there.  The M-1 carbine may not be "tactical" but it served several hundred thousand soldiers well in three wars.  It is not a long range weapon but it will do the task it was designed for very well.

[fightingquaker13]

Its not a carbine. It is a very accurate and large pistol. Thats all it was meant to be. Like the Hi-point 9mm, its great for home defense. Personally, I'd spend less time shooting at 25 yards and more shooting at 25 feet. That what it was designed for and where you are most likely to use it. Its a cool gun with a lot of history and one that I would thow behind my truck seat or keep by the bed side and be happy it was there. Just my .02.
FQ13

[Bill Stryker]

I like the M1 Carbine too.
I carried an M2 in combat in Vietnam. I think it was a good weapon, better than the AR 15 the FAC had in those days. As a former combat infantryman. I think you have a very nice tactical carbine there. One of our light weapons sergeants claimed the .30 M1 Carbine  was good to 300 meters. Two of our RFP companies only had M1 Carbines and a few Thompsons. They did OK and held up their end of the fight. I should say that I was there '65 to '66.
I shoot my M1 Carbines regularly at 100 meters, not MOA but good in the black.
Good on ya.

[seeker_two]

It's better than "tactical"....it's PROVEN!.... 

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[Badgersmilk]

Compact, light weight, semi-auto, it served tens of thousands of troops in World War II...  Tactical.

Short barrel and overall length, barrel band...  Carbine.

GREAT rabbit gun (what my dad uses his for).  MANY accesories available.  Have fun with it!  

[bryand71]

I have one myself and wouldn't trade it for nothin', great little gun and a blast to shoot!

It will get the job done, get some defensive rounds for it and you are all set.

http://www.choatestocks.com/PGRifleStock.html

This is an option if you don't want to damage your wood stock, I think they make a picatiny rail upper handguard to mount optics (red dot).

[Ping]

Would love to own one of these some day for the history and nostalgia of the firearm. But I never thought about it being a home defense weapon till FQ13 mentioned it. The recoil would be light and my wife would be able to handle it easily in a home defense situation. May have to start shopping again and I do like the .30 round. Enjoy tranefan and nice purchase. 

[MAUSERMAN]

I have grandpa's old m1 carbine and i have no complaints. He told me how many times that carbine saved his life on Guam and Iwo Jima. I have it in my safe along side his S&W vitory model .38 spl. I shoot the M1 once in a great while and find it easy to shoot and is accurate enough to do its job.

[Dakotaranger]

I have grandpa's old m1 carbine and i have no complaints. He told me how many times that carbine saved his life on Guam and Iwo Jima. I have it in my safe along side his S&W vitory model .38 spl. I shoot the M1 once in a great while and find it easy to shoot and is accurate enough to do its job.

I'd give anything to find my Grandpa's M-1 carbine he carried on Okwinowa.  It would great to have partly because I have the Flag that was flown over Indiana's Capitol Building in his honor.