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U.S. M1 Carbine
National Postal Meter
Serial Number: 4,201,723
Württemberg-Baden, City of Mannheim Polizei
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Purchased from a private party 2007.
Barrel Group
| Barrel |
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Buffalo Arms 12-43 |
| Front Sight |
type II |
SN (Super Metal Mfg Co. of North Bergen, NJ for National Postal Meter) |
| Barrel Band |
type IA |
U (Union Hardware Co. of Torrington, CT for National Postal Meter & Inland) |
| Barrel Skirt |
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long |
| Slide |
type IV |
SG (Saginaw Gear) |
National Postal Meter did not manufacture their own barrels. The Buffalo Arms barrel is one of several they used. Importer mark for Century Arms St Albans, VT
on barrel. Slide does not have any numbers stamped or etched on it.
Stock Group
| Stock |
type II |
TN (Trimble Nurseryland Furniture Co. of Rochester, NY for National Postal Meter) |
| Handguard |
type I |
RMC (Rock-Ola) |
| Buttplate |
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Underwood |
Stock is a beautiful high wood with an oval sling cut. Stock and handguard have no numbers stamped on them. Web sling grommet has Zieh Heir imprinted. In German this means
"Pull Here".
Receiver Group
| Receiver |
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National Postal Meter |
| Rear Sight |
type II |
H in shield (Hemphill Mfg. Co. of Pawtucket, RI) |
| Recoil Plate |
type III |
PN (Parker Mfg Co. of Worcester, MA for National Postal Meter) |
City crest of Mannheim is absent from the left side of receiver ring. Top of receiver behind bolt and below serial number has been buffed and/or polished.
Metal below serial number indicates some has been removed. This is typical of markings that have been removed.
Bolt Group
| Bolt |
type II |
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| Ejector |
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| Extractor |
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| Extractor Plunger |
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| Firing Pin |
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Bolt does not have any numbers etched on top.
Trigger Group
| Trigger Housing |
type III |
N 14 (National Postal Meter) |
| Trigger |
type II |
SN (Silver Creek Precision Corp of Silver Creek, NY for National Postal Meter) |
| Sear |
type |
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| Hammer |
type III |
HN (Hunter Arms Co. of Fulton, NY for National Postal Meter) |
| Safety |
type III |
SN (Sargent & Co. of New Haven, CT for National Postal Meter) |
| Magazine Catch |
type IIA |
SN (Stocker-Trauing Litho Corp. of Waterbury, CT for National Postal Meter) |
Rear of trigger housing at top does not have any numbers. Bottom of trigger housing marked
WB-S-MAN, meaning Wuerttemberg-Baden Stadt Polizei Mannheim. Trigger housing is plum colored.
Information and photographs courtesy of Robert Lacy.
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