U.S. M1 Carbine Inland Serial Number: 555,607 Bavaria Rural Police & Gendarmerie Rural Police, Lower Austria

Background Another example of a carbine used by the Bavaria Rural Police that was part of 2000 sold to the Austrian Gendarmerie in 1955. Barrel Group Barrel type II Inland Div., 5-43 Front Sight     Barrel Band/Swivel type IA U on band, UI on swivel (Union Hardware of Torrington, CT for Inland) Gas Piston Nut     Barrel Skirt     Slide type IV PI (Packard Mfg Corp of Indianapolis, IN for Inland) Operating slide stop     Last 4 digits of receiver serial number on slide. Stock Group Stock type II OI (S.E. Overton Co. of South Haven, MI for Inland) Handguard type II OI (S.E. Overton Co. of South Haven, MI for Inland) Buttplate     Last 4 digits of receiver serial number in slingwell and inside handguard. Receiver Group Receiver type II Inland Rear Sight type III I.R.CO. 7160060 (International Register Co.) Operating Spring Tunnel Housing   integrated Recoil Plate     Bavaria Rural Police stamped into top of receiver left of the bolt. Bolt Group Bolt type II OI with sideways 1 (Inland) Ejector     Extractor     Extractor Plunger     Firing Pin     Bolt has last 4 digits of receiver serial number electro-penciled on top. Trigger Group Trigger Housing type III Inland on right side at rear Trigger     Sear     Hammer type I HI (Inland) Trigger Spring     Trigger Housing Pin type II   Safety type IV SS encircled Magazine Catch type III   Trigger guard has last 4 digits of serial number on rear "T", bottom of trigger housing forward of trigger guard is stamped LGKNÖ with 1431 underneath the letters. The 1431 is the inventory number assigned by the Austrians. Additional Information label attached to carbine, used by Gendarmerie to identify user to carbine Gendarmerie Post Ganserndorf District, Lower Austria Pouch shows no manufacturers mark. This may have been added by an owner in America. Gendarmerie pouches were tan/brown, Bundespolizei pouches were black. Stitching is different than other pouches seen to date. Sling may have been added by an owner in America. No manufacturer mark. Gendarmerie was tan/brown, Bundespolizei was black.