M1 Carbine

[JB Books]

I'd keep it. The WW II carbines just keep going up in value. On a practical note, they are very easy to shoot and generally you can find ammo and magazines.

 

[flatwins]

I'd keep it. The WW II carbines just keep going up in value. On a practical note, they are very easy to shoot and generally you can find ammo and magazines.

They are fun and have quite a bit of history behind them. I had opportunities to buy Carbines a few times several years ago for cheap but didn't for some reason. I have a couple now though one is a promised sale to a friend of mine who has wanted one for a while. I remember when they could be had for $175.

 

[Shriner]

M1's were mix masters when they come out of the factory due to the fact most of the parts were subbed out , winchester may of made most of there parts but still parts from other companies were used . Once the M1 went in for rebuild all the good parts were throwen in a bin cleaned and reused as someone grabed them to rebuild a rifle.

 

[Perplexed]

M1's were mix masters when they come out of the factory due to the fact most of the parts were subbed out , winchester may of made most of there parts but still parts from other companies were used . Once the M1 went in for rebuild all the good parts were throwen in a bin cleaned and reused as someone grabed them to rebuild a rifle.

To a certain extent this is true, but in the M1 Garand (and Carbine) world, a "mixmaster" is generally meant to refer to a M1 that's gone through the arsenal process, not one that came from the factory in its original configuration. There's a lot of debate about which parts were original to a M1 since some variations did occur, especially at either end of WW2 and during the post-Korean Conflict years, but "mixmaster" is reserved for M1's having been mixed up as a result of arsenal rebuilding.