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Is M1 carbine FID compliant?
Is M1 carbine FID compliant?
First look at the hi-cap list (I posted URL within the past week or so).
If it's not on there, my "guess" would be NO!
M1 Carbines were sold to civilian populations with hi-cap mags (which is the litmus test) and thus would require a LTC-B minimum.
This roster has been compiled in accordance with M.G.L. c.140, §131¾. It contains weapons determined to have
been originally manufactured for the civilian retail consumer market as large capacity weapons as defined by § 121
of chapter 140. Weapons not listed on this roster may also be large capacity weapons if they are semi-automatic,
and are capable of accepting or readily modifiable to accept a large capacity feeding device.
For the purposes of M.G.L. c.140, §121, “Capable of Accepting” shall mean any firearm, rifle or shotgun in which a
large capacity feeding device is capable of being used without alteration of the weapon; provided, however, that said
feeding device is fully or partially inserted into the weapon or attached thereto, or is under the direct control of a
person who also has direct control of a weapon capable of accepting said feeding device.
For the purposes of M.G.L. c.140, §121, “Readily Modifiable to Accept” shall mean any firearm, rifle or shotgun
immediately capable of being altered so as to accept a large capacity feeding device; provided, however that said
feeding device is fully or partially inserted into the weapon or attached thereto, or is under the direct control of a
person who also has direct control of a weapon capable of accepting said feeding device.
Doesn't “Readily Modifiable to Accept” and "direct control" mean having possession of both a semi-automatic rifle and possession of a "large capacity feeding device"?
...these? It looks like $550 gets you a "like" new M1 vs. some military surplus.
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...rice&start=40&ndsp=20&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=N
...these? It looks like $550 gets you a "like" new M1 vs. some military surplus.
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...rice&start=40&ndsp=20&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=N
I checked one of those IAI ones out and was definitely not impressed with the fit or finish.
You have to take the CMP course at your Rod and Gun Club. I paid $20 to take it last year. Once you get the proof you took it you can make a copy.
From what I'm reading, there is a lot of anecdotal evidence that the .30 carbine round isn't a hell of a manstopper. OTOH, I'm not getting it as an SHTF rifle but as a good-grief-this-is-fun-to-shoot rifle. Which isn't to say that it's not a good SHTF rifle, since you're not in combat in that scenario, you're trying to stay OUT of combat! And a light rifle is certainly easier to hump than a heavy one.He said the way he heard it every para that could tossed his carbine and grabbed a Garand. They didn't care it was heavier, but the did care the 30 Carbine round wasn't stopping the enemy. And unless CMP makes surplus ammo available, the 30 Carbine round is rather explensive.
R. E. Sullivan said:My experience, on many battlefields, is that if you get a head shot or a pentrating wound to the body cavity, it takes the spirit of the bayonet plumb out of the individual you're shooting at.
I think you are extremely confused. An M1 carbine is by definition not an automatic weapon (that would be an M2 carbine). However, the bayonet lug may result in the artificial and meaningless (to us) categorization of the firearm as an "assault weapon", and assault weapons not legally possessed (read:manufactured after) 9/13/94 are not legal in Massachusetts.
Hi,
This is just to start a discussion with the knowledgeable folks on the forum, not a slam of any one's favorite rifle. I'll probably get one of these carbines just for the historical value of it.
But, is the M1 carbine a good rifle in the old SHTF scenario?
I was hefting one with a folding stock at the Springfield show. A guy with an airborne patch on his OD jacket looked on. I asked him if this is what the guys jumped into France with. He said the way he heard it every para that could tossed his carbine and grabbed a Garand. They didn't care it was heavier, but they did care the 30 Carbine round wasn't stopping the enemy. And unless CMP makes surplus ammo available, the 30 Carbine round is rather explensive.
True? Hearsay? Heretical?!
-= chuck
SHTF, like snow-covered forests in the Ardennes, or 500,000 screaming Chinese coming across the border? The US Army used it in two wars where I guess you'd have to say the Shit Hit The Fan.Hi,
But, is the M1 carbine a good rifle in the old SHTF scenario?
the Zombie Survival Guide mentions the M1 Carbine specifically as a good anti-zombie weapon. Zombies can be taken out with one head shot, and the M1 carbine is a lightweight weapon with high capacity magazines... 30 dead zombies per mag if you can shoot straight!Now Zombies and the Undead...I don't know.
I know we had another thread around here somewhere but I couldn't find it and just wanted to pass this along.
I read on another forum that the CMP M1 Carbines came in from Italy and are being graded now. Theres also a ton of ammo that CMP will be selling too.