the m-1 carbine was produced by many contractors for the United states government during WW-2,and Korea.The list is made up of Inland division of general motors,Winchester repeating arms co.,Underwood Elliot-fisher,Qaulity hardware and machine co.,rock-ola music co.Irwin pederson co,Saginaw gear co.,National postal meter co.,standard products co.,IBM corp,The total production of all the listed companys were 5,817,471 rifles. made between dec.1941 thru sept.-1945.
Non firing replica M1 and M1(A1) Carbines are made by Hudson, airsoft Carbines are Made by Marushin, they go for around $300.
IBM was one of the makers of M1 Carbines- along with companies that made postage meters and juke boxes.
No. M1 carbines were made semi-auto only. M2 carbines had a selector lever for simi-automatic or full automatic. Iver Johnson never made M2 carbines.
All military M1 Carbines were made between 1941 and 1945.
No, they weren't.
The Inland Division of GM made M1 Carbines, but did not make M1 Garands (in 30-06)
No.
Yes, but they are made in Japan and rarely seen, and are expensive, however there were M2 and M1 Carbines made by Marushin and Tokyo Marui which go for around $300 wwii.guns.com is a great place (although outragously expensive) to look for M1, M1A1, or M2 Carbines.
It should if it fits on other kinds of M1 Carbines.
Some of the early Iver Johnson M1 carbines were made of surplus G I parts. So some if not all parts interchange. The is true of the early M1 carbines made by Plainfield. Hope this helps. Keith
M1 carbines are semi-automatic and M2s are full automatic.
Possibly. There is mention of a black oxide finish on early carbines that resembled bluing more than Parkerizing. Winchester referred to it as Du-lite. All carbines were made with SOME blued parts.