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Barrel Group

Barrel	type 2B	Inland Mfg. Div. General Motors 10-44
Front Sight	type 1	unmarked
Barrel Band	type 3	J.M.O. band, EM-Q bayo lug
Barrel Skirt		short skirt
Slide	type 5	PI (Packard Mfg Co. of Indianapolis for Inland)

INTRAC KNOX, TN import mark on the bottom of the barrel to the rear of front sight. Slide arm has last 4 digits of receiver serial number.

Stock Group

Stock	type 4	I-A (M2 stock)
Handguard	type 1
Buttplate		IBM

Last 4 digits of the receiver serial number imprinted in slingwell of stock and underside of handguard.

Receiver Group

Receiver		Inland
Rear Sight	type 2	HI (Hemphill Co. of Pawtucket, RI for Inland)
Recoil Plate	type 2	.U. (Underwood)

Bolt Group

Bolt	type 2	SG (Saginaw Gear)
Ejector	type 3
Extractor	type 3	SG (Saginaw Gear)
Extractor Plunger	type 2
Firing Pin	type 2	NI (National Cash Register Co. for Inland)

Last 4 digits of receiver serial number electro-penciled into top of bolt.

Trigger Group

Trigger Housing	type 4	.U. (Underwood)
Trigger	type 2	SN (Silver Creek Precision Corp. for National Postal Meter)
Sear	type 1	RI (Reece Button Hole Machine Co. of Boston for Inland)
Hammer	type 3	NI (National Cash Register Co. for Inland)
Safety	type 4	M inside horseshoe
Magazine Catch	type 3	HI (H&R Machine Co. for Inland)

LGKNÖ 1585 on bottom of trigger housing identifies this carbine as having served with the Landes Gendarmerie Kommando NiederÖsterreich (Lower Austria). The 1585 is the inventory number used by the Gendarmerie. Last 4 digits of receiver serial number on rear T of trigger housing.

Additional Information

This entire Carbine has a very nice matching blue finish on all of the parts, that were not in the white. The stock has been sanded, shows signs of arsenal repairs, and finished with linseed oil.