I had the privilege yesterday to hold in my hand a Inland M1 Carbine that I believe came straight from WWII. It was given to someone I know by a fellow who had past away. The story was that this man who had died and given it to the person I know had once had a uncle that brought it back from Europe in his duffel bag. It is a 1943 model, still has the crossed cannons cartouche, no bayonet lug, flip sights and original safety. It has not been improved in any way. It came with 2 original M2 marked 30 round mags and one MC marked 15 round mag. Unfourtunitly he still has not gotten the original sling and oiler from the family but hopefully he will find it as well in a box of old stuff. I introduced this person to the fourm so I hope he will join and post some pictures of it one day.
I gave this young man an estimate as to what it was worth but I am sure I don't know as much about the carbine as I do about the Garand so if someone her wants to throw out some numbers I'll tell him to look for this thread. I told him it is in the $1000-$1200.00 range.
One question....... the stock is kind of dry and has a much lighter color and a old worn look and feel to it. The finish is much lighter then my dad's Underwood carbine that was re-arsenaled. Would it be wise to give this original rifle a light coat of BLO to put some mosture back in the stock ot just leave it as is.
Smokepole
