I bought one years ago at a yard sale, had dust and cat hair all over. It was in the back of a cabinet that had clothes hanging up in front of it. I thought it was an old pellet gun and reached in and pulled it out. I looked at it, looked at the woman whose sale it was and said " Is this for sale?" She said yes, I’ll take 25 dollars for it. It’s been in the closet for years since my Dad died. I had the money in her hand before she could blink as I was pulling my wife to the car! Loved that Carbine!
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Welcome to the Forum! Some of us has been lucky to have finds but your cost…freakin awesome!
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I just saw the line at the bottom. I’ve use them with out issue.
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Welcome to the PSA community @Sg5558 
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She’s pretty 
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Not sure how I ended up with the tiger striped wood but definitely love it myself.
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Is it a Universal?
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Yes, but it has not been problematic. Lucked up based on some of my research and some help from @1911 in learning more about the platform.
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1911 got our “6”
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First time running this since purchasing it. Running two different after market mags. Serbian ammo, but l had a large time shooting it! Problematic we shall see? Zero recoil! And fun to shoot. Good day for me. Cleaned and ready to try again.
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It’s like shooting a .22LR IMHO with more ■■■. I love mine.
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The M1 Carbine will always be one of my favorite rifles. I grew up shooting my Grandfather’s M1 Carbine. He was in the Army Air Force during WWII in a B17 flying missions over the European Theater. For over 30 years the M1 Carbine was the M16/ AR15 of the time. Farmers and ranchers loved them because it came close to the knock down power of the 30-30 at ranges out to 200 yards but with 15 and 30 rounds readily available. So many households had them also for self defense.
The M1 Carbine is probably the most misunderstood military firearm that has ever been in our Military’s Arsenal. What it was designed for was for rear echelon troops. It was never intended to be a front line weapon. It far exceeded what it was designed for and did it very well. Soldiers saw the benefit of having a M1 Carbine in many situations of combat. It really showed it’s potential in the Pacific Theater in the jungles and island warfare were the M1 Garand was too large to maneuver in thick jungle vegetation and having to climb many of the mountainous Pacific Islands.
I have two WWII M1 Carbines. One is a very collectable all original factory correct Rock-Ola M1 Carbine. I also have a good number of original USGI WWII 15 round and the rare 30 round magazines. Overall the best and most reliable magazines that you can get for a M1 is the WWII 15 round magazines. I think I posted these awhile back.
M1 Carbine- Info and accurizing.pdf (44.2 KB)
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All l can reply is…God bless you brorher! It’s simple and basic
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Thank you and I pass on the exact same sentiments to you brother. I also forgot to post a picture of my two M1 Carbines. The top one is a Inland made in 09/43 that has been Arsenal refurbished at some time suring it’s service. The second is the all factoey correct Rock-Ola M1 Carbine made in 3/44 which is probablywhy it wasn’t ever Arsenalrefurbished. When you consider the amount of rounds fired by the M1 & M2 Carbine in combat they probably sent more rounds down range in a week than our now do in in our lifetime.
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@1911 is a friend of ours! Keep your friends close and your enemies closer! Andrew Jackson *
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Great to see some fellow Carbine affictanatos here like myself.
The original PCC IMHO.
Still shooting and reloading .30 carbine.
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