![]() ![]() Might I suggest you find a copy of "WAR BABY" or "M1 Carbine Design, Development and Production" by Larry Ruth. The history of who made what during the brief 38 months of production is a story that can (and does) fill a book. These are highly prized by some carbine aficionados. Made by Union Switch & Signal Co, hence the "UN-QUALITY" marked carbines. ***Note that some Quality Hardware carbines were assembled using receivers A very few late receivers are marked "CCC", **Note that a few early NPM receivers are marked "Rochester", for the That had been originally awarded to Irwin-Pedersen Arms Co.I-P hadĪssembled only 3,542 guns at the time, none of which were accepted by The Grand Rapids facility assumed a contract ![]() * Note that Saginaw had two plants in operation, one in Saginaw, MI and International Business Machines Corp (IBM). Those two companies completed their carbine production runs in August, 1945. The production program was such a success that, excepting Inland and Winchester, the remaining contracts were cancelled in mid-1944. Over a span of just 38 months (the first carbines were delivered in June 1942, the last in August 1945) nine primary contractors established manufacturing facilities, tooled up and turned out some six million carbines of all types - M1, M1A1, M2 and T3/M3. Much of it is copied from the NRA's booklet "U.S.Caliber. Someone wanted some info on M1 Carbine.maybe this will help. Fulton Armory Service Grade M1 Carbine A Pocket History of the M1 Carbine by Robert Gibson ![]()
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