Bought this 1944 Inland M1 Carbine from a fellow NESer on Saturday morning. The barrel says Blue Sky, Arlington, VA? I assume that's the importer? Anyway, it came with 2 15 round mags, 1 30 round mag, hard case, 100 rounds of old UMC ammo, and a scabbard (which the seller forgot to bring but will be mailing it to me this week). Real nice condition. I don't believe the stock is original but it looks good enough for me, has only 2 minor chips on it. The metal buttplate is just a tad bit loose even after tightening the screw (which doesn't get snug so I think it's stripped?) but it's only loose if you grab it and try to move it. It doesn't rattle around just from picking it up or anything.
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I didn't have too much time for accuracy testing other than setting up my 10" steel plate at 120 yards and it was very easy to hit that almost every shot (from a bench). Good enough for me. I think I need to adjust the windage a bit as it shot to the right as you can see in the picture. I love how light and compact it is and the action is so smooth and easy to load etc. But the trigger I found to be not as smooth/light as the Garand, not horrible by any means but noticed it was a bit longer/heavier.
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I didn't have too much time for accuracy testing other than setting up my 10" steel plate at 120 yards and it was very easy to hit that almost every shot (from a bench). Good enough for me. I think I need to adjust the windage a bit as it shot to the right as you can see in the picture. I love how light and compact it is and the action is so smooth and easy to load etc. But the trigger I found to be not as smooth/light as the Garand, not horrible by any means but noticed it was a bit longer/heavier.
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