Background

Returned to the U.S. Army by Austria. Purchased from CMP. This carbine was used by the Bavaria Rural Police then sold to the Austria Gendarmerie by Bavaria in 1955 and assigned to the Austrian land of Vorarlberg.

Barrel Group

Barrel	type II-B	Underwood 12-43
Gas Piston		unmarked
Front Sight	type I	N (used by various prime contractors including Standard Products)
Barrel Band	type IA	KVB on swivel, band unmarked (Knapp & VogtMfg. Co. of Grand Rapids, MI for IBM)
Barrel Skirt	short
Slide	type IV	Rock-Ola

Last 4 digits of serial number on slide arm.

Stock Group

Stock	non GI
Handguard	type II	OI (S.E. Overton of South Haven, MI for Inland)
Buttplate	non GI

Stock made from Northern European Beech Wood

Last 4 digits of receiver serial number in stock slingwell and underside of handguard. The stock was manufactured in Europe for use by the German police in the American Occupation Zone. The buttplate was from another rifle and adapted to the M1 Carbine stock.

Receiver Group

Receiver	type II	Standard Products
Rear Sight	type I	S on left side of flip sight
Recoil Plate	type III	AU (unknown subcontractor for Underwood - 09/1943 Underwood supplied 5000 recoil plates to Standard Products)

Bavaria Rural Police on top of receiver to left of bolt.

Bolt Group

Bolt	type III	A.I. 2 (Autotyre for Inland)
Ejector	type III
Extractor	type III	W.I. (Wadsworth Watch Case Co. of Dayton, KY for Inland)
Extractor Plunger	type II
Firing Pin	type III	I-I (unknown subcontractor for Inland)

Bolt has last 4 digits of receiver serial number engraved into the top of the bolt.

Trigger Group

Trigger Housing	type II	N 9 (National Postal Meter)
Trigger	type II	SN (Silver Creek Precision Corp. of Silver Creek, NY for National Postal Meter - 11/1943 and 12/1943 NPM supplied Standard Products with 1000 triggers on each occasion)
Sear	type I	G.U. (unknown subcontractor for Underwood - 10/1943 Underwood supplied Standard Products with 7000 triggers)
Hammer	type III	.U. (Underwood - 11/1943 Underwood supplied Standardard Products with 3000 hammers)
Safety	type IV	SS (replacement rotary safety)
Magazine Catch	type III	E.I. (Eaton Pond Co. of Springfield, MA for Inland)

Last 4 digits of receiver serial number on rear of trigger housing.

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