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Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Virginia
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| 1943 NPM M1 Carbine
This is my 1943 National Postal Meter M1 Carbine The Receiver, Slide, Bolt, barrel Band and Trigger group are all Correct NPM The Stock is and IBM. I call is Mr roboto (Styx -1983) "My brain Ibm" never mind, I am showing my age.. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My Entire 1943 "Mid War" Collection 1943 Winchester M1 Garand 1943 NPM M1 Carbine 1943 Remington Rand 1911-A1 All the Ammo is head stamped 1943, basically all items are period correct. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Morgan County, Alabama "In Dixie Land I'll take my stand."
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Nice firearms! -- And welcome to the forum. I have an M-1 carbine my father brought back from the Korean War. Like yours it has the early "flip" sight. A LOT of those have been replaced during refits so you don't see them all that often. I like them better than the later adjustable types. The flips are smaller, simpler, and IMHO, more robust. Mine has the type 2 barrel band which is wider than yours and has the assembly screw reloaced to the bottom, but lacks the bayonet lug found on the type 3. The actuaotor slide on mine is also a later type (#4 IIRC) which has the more angled cam used to increase dwell time. The stock on my carbine isn't quit as nice as yours -- yours looks almost brand new! Interesting note; the photo that shows the .45ACP cartridges (2nd from last); I note the primers are convex. I still possess a quantity of .30 carbine ammo my father brought back from Korea, which was WW2 surplus, having convex primers like that. That's something I haven't seen on any modern ammo. Again, welcome to GUNHUB. There's lots of good guys here. We're perhaps not as active as some other forums but the guys here know their stuff. |
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Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northern Nevada
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Very cool, and props for your photos.
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Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Virginia
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Same with the 1943 .30 carbine and 30-06 ammo, I will leave them as display items. | |
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Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Oregon
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I believe that ammo is corrosive.
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Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Morgan County, Alabama "In Dixie Land I'll take my stand."
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Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Oregon
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You are right about the 30 Carbine I forgot that but I think the other stuff was corrosive until sometime in the fifties.
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Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Virginia
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Like Bearcat6 said, all military primers except .30 Carbine were corrosive until the early 1950's. Twin Cities Ordinance AP M2, headstamp TW 43 (1943) Brass case Western Cartridge Company, WCC 45 (1945) also brass case Notice they both have the concave primer like the .45 ACP, or not? ![]() the .45 ACP Info. EC 43 FMJ Bullet weight-227.7 grains Powder-5.4 grains Domed appearance of primer OAL 1.260 Crimped to .470 Made by the Evansville Ordnance(Sunbeam) plant ![]() ![]() the .30 Carbine Info. PC 43 FMJ Made by the Kings Mills Ordnance plant ![]() ![]() Here a list of NON Corrosive Lot Numbers ![]() Last edited by 2k05gt; 03-21-2015 at 02:00 PM. |
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Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Birmingham AL
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My carbine has all the post-war mods, and I've thought about restoring it to the original state. The problem would be finding and regulating a flip-up rear sight. I'll be delighted to learn how they were zero'd for elevation.
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Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Tuscaloosa
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I've had a magazine for this rifle and several rounds of E C 43 ammo in my gun cabinet for years and never knew what it went to. I aquired it from my dad who probably got it from his. About a week ago our elderly neighbor was cleaning their basement and gave me a large box full of paper shotgun shells still in the original box and several odd caliber shells including an m1 8mm magazine with about 10 rounds. So this sparked my interest in what do all of these rounds and magazines go to and I stumbled on the pics of this gun at the top of this discussion, looks just like the one I have..Anyway, I will never own one of the firearms that these rounds and magazines go to so what is the best way to put it in the hands of somebody that may need them..
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Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Tuscaloosa
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Items in question
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Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oregon
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| A really nice looking display, but did notice a few items that are a bit too late for 1943. Examples would be the bandoleer, stripper clips, and the box of (LC-'71) Vietnam era Carbine ammo. Did NPM ever use Type 4 trigger housings? - Bob
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