It's not very tactical but it is a Carbine

[BAC]

I enjoyed my CMP carbine the one time I've been able to take it to the range.

[tranefan]

I don't LIKE "It's not very tactical but it is a Carbine"?  IT IS TACTICAL AND IT IS A CARBINE would be better said. I carried and USED one on many patrols and was able to send a good number of bad guys to Hell.  That was good enough for me and I survived and 'they' didn't :>)

An M-1 Carbine is tactical in the trueist since of the word. I was just making a joke because nowadays too many of our brethren (and sisteren for that matter  ) tend to think a weapon has to be black, plastic and loaded with attachments in order to be effective much less tactical.  

[tombogan03884]

 That is SOOO true, the same is true for the chuckle heads that talk about "Assault weapons"
This is no more or less "Tactical"  or "intended for the battle field"

http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/storeproduct854.aspx

Than this is,

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/popup_image.php?pID=3484

[tranefan]

That is SOOO true, the same is true for the chuckle heads that talk about "Assault weapons"
This is no more or less "Tactical"  or "intended for the battle field"

http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/storeproduct854.aspx

Than this is,

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/popup_image.php?pID=3484

I'm sure a lot of folks don't think Kentucky long rifles look tactical but try and tell that to a Redcoat on the receiving end at Kings Mountain on 10-7-1780.

[seeker_two]

I don't LIKE "It's not very tactical but it is a Carbine"?  IT IS TACTICAL AND IT IS A CARBINE would be better said. I carried and USED one on many patrols and was able to send a good number of bad guys to Hell.  That was good enough for me and I survived and 'they' didn't :>)

For those who consider the M1 Carbine and the .30Carbine round ineffective, I refute it thus.... 

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[Bill Stryker]

I don't LIKE "It's not very tactical but it is a Carbine"?  IT IS TACTICAL AND IT IS A CARBINE would be better said. I carried and USED one on many patrols and was able to send a good number of bad guys to Hell.  That was good enough for me and I survived and 'they' didn't :>)

Old Soldier.
 Welcome from another "old soldier" quietly fading away.
See my earlier post on this thread. You and I have the carbine in common. I used an M2 but most of my troops were using M1 Carbines and M1s.
Any one who doesn't think an M1 Carbine is tactical either does not know history or his head is not in the sunlight.

[tombogan03884]

  But it isn't "tacti COOL"  

[Bill Stryker]

Of course you are right, Tom, as usual. But I think what is Tacti COOL may depend on the age and experience of the observer.

[Timothy]

Cool enough for me!  Wish I could find a good copy for a decent price.  I can get a new one from Auto Ordnance but somehow it loses it's appeal.

[tombogan03884]

 I agree , and I'm a lot closer to your thinking than to the mall Ninja with the hood ornament on his AR  
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