It's not very tactical but it is a Carbine

[Pathfinder]

I have a '43 Saginaw SG model, shoots very nicely, but sadly has become something of a safe queen and is on its way out if I can find a buyer.

[ericire12]

How much they get ya for?

[billt]

Has anyone handled or shot the new Kahr Arms version?  Bill T.

[alfsauve]

I've got an IBM model.   Bought it for the uniqueness as I was working in the computer industry at the time.  Unfortunately, it is an "import" so has "blue star" stamped into the barrel.  I might fill that with silver solder and refinish the barrel some day.   Shoots fine.  I refinished the stock.  Took of layers and layers of not only wax, but what I suspect was brown shoe polish, off the stock.   Sanded out the "dings".    I might take it out tomorrow along with my Camp 9 and just have "carbine day" at the range.

[Bulldog39]

Nice looking rifle you picked up.

[Sponsor]

[pioneer]

These little rifles were tactical, before tactical was cool.  Tactical is how it's used, not what it looks like. 

Not only bunny rabbits, but lots of dead Japanese, Korean, Chinese and a few Vietnamese have assumed room temperature from the business end of them.  My dad was issued one in WW2 (Infantry HQ, First Sgt., Italy & Central Europe) but traded it back in for a Garand and 1911.  He didn't like them because they lacked the power and range of the M-1 rifle. 

My police department had M-1 carbines in our patrol cars, side-by-side with Rem. 870s, in the early 1970's, before it was tacti-cool to have police rifles in service.  I plan on buying one some day.

[Ulmus]

I think they're great guns and always wondered why more companies didn't make their own versions of them.

Plus I can find 30 carbine ammo at wallyword when everything else is gone!

[m25operator]

Great little rifles, and very fun, shot mine to 200 meters and could keep in the black, wished I'd never sold it, it was a Blue Sky.

House gun? Be careful, with fmj, the .30 carbine will smoke a creosote telephone pole, lot of penetration. Pick some soft points or hollow points. I talked to Hornady and Cor bon about coming up with an xtp type bullet, many yrs ago, and they said they were working on it, after I sold mine, I really did not keep up with new ammo choices.

[twyacht]

One of those "can't go wrong" purchases. Congratulations.

[TAB]

I don't know about the rest of you, but if I needed to use a gun for SD and I had a m1 carbine and a AR side by side, I'd grab the carbine. 

the only real "fire power" diffrence between them at a HD range is the number of rounds in the mag.