my new-to-me M1 carbine

Very nice rifle dude. I love the history of it. Are they any good for hunting? What grain bullet would you use? I believe my grandfather has one in his gun cabinet. It looks very similar but I've never seen it used. I might have to take a peek.
 
They shoot a 110 RN bullet at about 1900 FPS. Not the best big game hunting round out there but would be good for small game. They are a heck of a lot of fun to shoot.

Better yet shoot them in the CMP GSM Carbine Matches.

But you really hit it on the History Aspect. Yes you should check out your grandfathers Carbine and ask him about it.

My Underwood CMP Carbine was made in 1944. I got a used carbine sling from CMP for mine. The sling has a guys name carved in it. My wife did a search on some military sight and found there were two soldiers that same year, with that name who fought in WWII. One in Europe and one in the South Pacific.
 
hey guys. so I'm going to rebuild the bolt. I'm trying to find a list of all the springs and small parts I need to do this and any other parts I should replace while I'm at it. I'm not very familiar with m1 carbines so don't leave anything out. I'm planning on getting a bolt tool and maybe down the line I'll get a whole spare bolt for it.
 
ok. I took the thing all the way down except for the bolt, I'm waiting for my bolt tool for that. everything looks really good except for the trigger spring so I ordered a new one along with a new recoil spring and all the bits to rebuild the bolt. I might be getting the chance to introduce some people to shooting over memorial day weekend and I should have it running like a top by then. might get a new stock just to preserve the history in the one I have.
 
gunpartscorp.com is a good one and that's usually my first stop for parts. that's where I ordered all the stuff to rebuild this one.
 
I've read about it and thought about it but the .30 blackhawk doesn't do it for me. I have a 4 5/8th" stainless in .45 colt and I love that gun, but it gives the same capacity in a more powerful round that doesn't get stuck in the chambers. makes for a heck of a woods gun.
 
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