Fun Stuff Submissions
Printed From: The Carbine Collector's Club
Category: The Club
Forum Name: Fun Stuff
Forum Description: Trivia, Carbine Hacks, Weird and oddball
URL: http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1119
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Topic: Fun Stuff Submissions
Posted By: New2brass
Subject: Fun Stuff Submissions
Date Posted: Jan 05 2016 at 3:45pm
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Post your Fun Stuff Submissions or suggestions for next month! Make sure you have question and answer. 10 point if we use it! You must be a registered member and post a reply in this topic to view the hidden content within this post! ------------- http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/forum/club-assistance-saginaw-receivers_topic4716.html" rel="nofollow - Club Survey Saginaw Receivers |
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Posted By: New2brass
Date Posted: Feb 27 2016 at 8:15pm
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We got a few good ones, but can always use some more! Post them here Guys and Gals.
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Posted By: 68coupe
Date Posted: Dec 03 2019 at 8:37pm
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I'd like to see some fun stuff! ------------- Karl, 68 coupe NPM, 43 Universal, 80 Kahr 1827-A1 Thompson 2019 SA M1 Garand 42 AO 1911A1 Taurus PT1911 Beretta M92(compact) |
Posted By: New2brass
Date Posted: Dec 04 2019 at 4:50pm
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Karl. This whole section has the submitted fun stuff http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/forum/fun-stuff_forum60.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/forum/fun-stuff_forum60.html Will post more when they show up ------------- http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/forum/club-assistance-saginaw-receivers_topic4716.html" rel="nofollow - Club Survey Saginaw Receivers |
Posted By: Jamesicus
Date Posted: Jan 26 2020 at 9:14pm
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I made a real mess of my first postings here - let me see if I can do better: I was NCOIC of the Base Small Arms Marksmanship Training Unit (SAMTU) & the Firing Range at Yokota AB, Japan, during the early 1960s when the US Cal. 30 Carbine was used for annual marksmanship training and qualification firing by enlisted personnel. I had a fine NCO and Airmen crew who were not only excellent Marksmanship Instructors, but also very knowledgeable about the function and maintenance of M1 and M2 Carbines. What they were not very knowledgeable about (me too) was the history of the US carbine - it’s development and production during WWII. I imagine that was true of most Airmen at that time. All of our Firing Range carbines were rebuilds configured with the mandated bayonet lug front sight barrel bands; adjustable for elevation and windage rear sights; lever style safeties and beefed-up magazine catches. My instructors and just about all of the shooters had only seen carbines without those features in newsreels and war movies. Information regarding all that was very sparse in the early 1960s - in the days before the internet and detailed reference books relating to the history and development of the Carbine such as Larry Ruth’s “War Baby” (which was not published until some thirty years later). Just about the only references relating to the history of the Carbine were articles published in “The American Rifleman” (mostly during the early 1960s). It was not unusual in those days for Airmen firing our Carbines for qualification to say things like “did you know IBM made the Carbine I just fired?” or “I didn’t know the Rockola Juke box company used to make Carbines in WWII” followed by typical GI discussions. We did our best to answer those questions or relate reliable historical information, mostly based on the Anerican Rifkeman articles. We have come a long way in our knowledge and understanding relating to the Carbine and it’s history. |
Posted By: Liberium
Date Posted: Dec 09 2022 at 11:01am
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This would be fun 
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Posted By: Jond41403
Date Posted: Dec 09 2022 at 11:59am
| Is that real? Looks like it would just tip over and not be very stable. Would be awesome fun though haha |
Posted By: floydthecat
Date Posted: Dec 09 2022 at 12:34pm
| It was real. I remember seeing some film of live testing on one of the tv programs. |
Posted By: Smokpole
Date Posted: Dec 09 2022 at 8:27pm
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Mechanics illustrated had a big article on them. ------------- OGCA Life member NRA Life member Ashtabula Rod and Gun Life member |