The Korean War vet even gave me a pile of cast reloads and it fired everyone without a hitch. I have continued to fire the rifle over the years and it is my defense gun for my home amongst others. He laughed at my dual springs and showed me his real M 1 Carbine and it's "rods" and other different parts.
I had fired over a 1000 rounds of quality and cheap ammo through it before a Korean War vet informed me around 1985 I had a piece of crap. The bad one you know, the one with the dual springs, aluminum trigger guard, lever release at the back of the receiver, and on, I bought my 3 rd Generation Universal M1 Carbine in Atlanta in 1982 from Richway new for $80. Pictures of your carbine would help with identifying it and in determining a probable range of manufacture. But my research agrees with TheJoker that the serial number you post does not fall in the range of Universal carbines. As mentioned before this alledgedly was susceptible to hairline fractures which could be dangerous.Įxact dates of manufacture may be quite elusive for the most part. The third generation resulted in the skeletonized op rod. The functionality of the carbine was just as good as its older brother. Second generation carbines were produced with double operating rod springs which wasn't accepted by carbine lovers so it got a poor reputation. The first generation carbine used USGI parts, except for the receiver, and could be repaired using USGI parts. It has been reported the Iver Johnson's had a soft bolt and peened itself through functioning.I have never seen a peened bolt head nor have any magazines, that I know of, ever printed articles or pictures of the malady. The more prevalent problems were with the third generation Universal carbines and dealt with possible hairline cracks on the lower portion of the operation slide where the bolt locking lugs ride. The Universal (and Iver Johnson) had some issues but don't loose any sleep over them. of course if you compare the price with the price USGI carbines are going for, I guess it's still affordable. Not anymore.I visited a gunshow last week-end and found two Universals priced around $550.
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