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This carbine was used by the Bavaria Rural Police, then the Austrian Gendarmerie in Tirol. This is one of the first carbines seen that has the Bavaria name still intact, that had a German V notch rear sight replacement. Bavaria removed the GI rear sight, then machined grooves in the rear sight platform, to reduce glare. They replaced the GI rear sight with an unknown manufacturer v notch rear sight, which they soldered to the carbine's receiver ring. The Austrians removed the German rear sight and replaced it with a U.S. GI rear sight. The silver solder job remaining on the receiver ring, is in the shape of the modified German sight base.
Tirol usually placed the entire serial number inside the stock slingwell and under the handguard. This carbine retains the four digits of the serial number, placed on the various parts by the Bavarians. The entire serial number, was not added by Austria.
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| Barrel | Inland 12-43, B on front of gas piston housing (Brown-Lipe-Chapin of Syracuse, NY for Inland) | |
| Front Sight | type I | N (Niedner Rifle Company of Dowagiac, MI for Inland and others, Quality Hardware included) |
| Barrel Band/Swivel | type I | band unmarked, Q-TK on swivel (Tuttle & Kift Company of Chicago for Quality Hardware) |
| Slide | type III | UN-Q (Union Switch & Signal Corp of Swissvale, PA for Quality Hardware) |
Slide has last 4 digits of serial number.
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| Stock | type II | Q-RMC (Rock-ola Mfg Company for Quality Hardware) |
| Handguard | type II | Q-RMC (Rock-ola Mfg Company for Quality Hardware) |
| Buttplate | Quality Hardware |
Stock slingwell and bottom of handguard have last 4 digits of serial number. Numbers in slingwell overlay the GI manufacture markings.
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| Receiver | Quality H.M.C. | |
| Rear Sight | type II | HI (Hemphill Company of Pawtucket, RI for Inland) |
| Operating Spring Tunnel Housing | detachable | |
| Recoil Plate | type III | RO-Q (H.B. Rouse & Company of Chicago for Quality Hardware) |
Receiver left of bolt marked Bavaria Rural Police. Receiver ring has evidence of having had German V notch sight silver soldered to it. Rear sight platform has been grooved, typical of Bavaria's carbines that had V notch rear sight.
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| Bolt | flat | EM-Q (Elgin Metal Novelty Company of Elgin, IL for Quality Hardware) |
| Ejector | type II | |
| Extractor | type III | I-Q (IBM of Rochester, NY for Quality Hardware) |
| Extractor Plunger | type II | |
| Firing Pin | type III | NL-Q (National Lock Company of Rockford, IL for Quality Hardware) |
Bolt has last 4 digits of serial number engraved on top.
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| Trigger Housing | type IV | Q-TX (Triplex Corp. of America of Chicago for Quality Hardware) |
| Trigger | ||
| Sear | type I | GE-Q (Gerrard Company of Chicago for Quality Hardware) |
| Hammer | type III | LT-Q (Ludlow Typograph Company of Chicago for Quality Hardware) |
| Trigger Housing Pin | type II | |
| Safety | type IV | SS (post WWII GI subcontractor) |
| Magazine Catch | type IIA | EPB (Eaton Pond Company of Springfield, MA for IBM) |
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