Pawn Shop Score.....1945 Remington Rand M1911A1

[Failzero]

I went to Basic Training there, the old Ft. McClellan. It's really beautiful country down there.

Don’t you guys go to Gunshows ?

 

[1srelluc]

I have a General Motors manufactured M1 Carbine, I guess the rare ones that are worth money were made by Rockola, which made juke boxes. That Singer is worth some good money.

Inland (GM) was the most common M1 Carbine.

The M1A1 by Inland is the most desirable.

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Winchester Carbines, on the whole, are on par with Rock-Ola even though Rock-Ola made fewer of them in post-war trim.....All bets are off when found in their original configuration.

The U.S. Caliber .30 Carbine Manufacturers

U.S. Caliber .30 Carbine Manufacturers

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[odanny]

Inland (GM) was the most common M1 Carbine.

The M1A1 by Inland is the most desirable.

Yea, mine says "Inland Mfg. Div." and below that "General Motors" and below that "6 - 44", and it is barrel stamped behind the front sight.

Based on what I'm seeing on the RJ Antiques examples, the "Inland Div." is stamped behind the rear sight, and their production run examples stop at 5 - 44. Mine being made in June has an adjustable rear sight, so it is possible this 6 - 44 production run was the first carbine with an adjustable rear sight.

 

[1srelluc]

Yea, mine says "Inland Mfg. Div." and below that "General Motors" and below that "6 - 44", and it is barrel stamped behind the front sight.

Based on what I'm seeing on the RJ Antiques examples, the "Inland Div." is stamped behind the rear sight, and their production run examples stop at 5 - 44. Mine being made in June has an adjustable rear sight, so it is possible this 6 - 44 production run was the first carbine with an adjustable rear sight.

That depends, if it still has the WW-2 front band (below) then it's possible but be aware that many carbines went through theater refurb depots just after the war where the adjustable rear sight was installed (usually the early milled adjustable sight) but not the bayonet lug front band.

if you rear sight is marked HI (Inland) and it has the front band as above then you might have something depending on if all the other parts are Inland.

I had a Winchester like that once.....Traded it for a M1903A1 Sniper.