U.S. M1 Carbine
Standard Products
Serial Number: 2,122,xxx
Bavaria Rural Police
&
Landes Gendarmerie Kommando Salzburg (LGK Sb)

Background

Auctioned online. No further details.

Barrel Group

Barrel type 1 Underwood 9/43 w/ flaming ordnance bomb
Front Sight type 2 EU (Underwood)
Barrel Band type 3  
Gas Piston Nut    
Barrel Skirt    
Slide type  
Operating slide stop type  

Stock Group

Stock type 3 IO (Inland)
Handguard type 3 IO (Inland)
Buttplate    

Left side of stock has rebuild stamp from Standard Products RWH. Handguard is for an M2 carbine.

Receiver Group

Receiver type 2 Standard Products
Rear Sight type 2  
Operating Spring Tunnel Housing part of receiver  
Recoil Plate type 2 Springfield Products

"Bavaria Rural Police" milled in top of receiver along left side by bolt.

Bolt Group

Bolt type 1  
Ejector    
Extractor type  
Extractor Plunger type  
Firing Pin type  

Trigger Group

Trigger Housing type 3  
Trigger type  
Sear type  
Hammer type  
Trigger Spring type  
Trigger Housing Pin type 2  
Safety type 4 SS in circle
Magazine Catch type 4  
Magazine Catch Plunger    

Last 4 digits of receiver serial number on T of trigger housing. Bottom outside of trigger housing marked LGK Sb with the 4 digit inventory number used by the land of Salzburg.

Additional Information

The M1 carbines that went to Germany and Austria were not rebuilt by USA contractors. The stock on this carbine most likely was a replacement for the original stock.

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