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Barrel | Type 2 | Underwood 7/43 |
Front Sight | type 1 | N, 66 lft outside |
Barrel Band | type 1A | |
Barrel Skirt | ||
Slide | Type IV | unknown |
Barrel has ordnance bomb and P proofmark below the Underwood marking. Last 4 digits of receiver serial number stamped in right side of slide rail.
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Stock | type 2 | not marked |
Handguard | type 2 | not marked |
Buttplate | unknown |
Stock has been given a glossy protective coating, consistent with Austria and some of the German agencies. Stock has the last 4 digits of the receiver serial number in the sling well, the handguard in the bottom side. This stock is not marked with a manufacturer code. It appears to be a German replacement stock. This stock has been observed on other German M1 carbines.
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Receiver | type 2 | Saginaw |
Rear Sight | none | removed |
Operating Spring Tunnel Housing | ||
Recoil Plate | type 3 | BB (IBM) |
U.S. M1 carbine sight removed. Area behind rear sight groove has small grooves side to side for minimizing glare. Rear sight on receiver ring is same as other M1 carbines that have had this done in Germany. It is adjustable for windage, not elevation. There is an H under the sight adjustment, on the left side of the sight. Agency name removed from top left of receiver.
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Bolt | type 1 | |
Ejector | ||
Extractor | ||
Extractor Plunger | ||
Firing Pin |
Bolt has last 4 digits of receiver serial number electropenciled into the top.
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Trigger Housing | type 3 | SG (Saginaw and Saginaw Gear) |
Trigger | ||
Sear | type 2 | SW-N (National Postal Meter) |
Hammer | type 2 | HI |
Hammer Spring | type 2 | |
Trigger Housing Pin | Type 2 | |
Safety | type 2 or 3 | |
Magazine Catch | type 2A | AU (Underwood) |
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