Sunday Funnies

ncin1911 wrote: Yeah once in the 1940's by the Department of Sea Turtles and again in the 1960's or maybe 70's by the DOD as an acceptable Jeep part.

Edited by W5USMC - Jun 20 2022 at 10:46am

Does anything jump out to say these markings may be fake? Granted the seller does state "These AKI marked bayonets are said to be old commercial copies"

Yep, "Knive" is the obvious giveaway but there is another one a bit less apparent.

W5USMC wrote: "M1 CARBINE BARREL=WINCHESTER=New Old Stock=Marked with Winchester Oval & Flaming" $695 Buy It Now!

The area that caught my eye is the barrel in front of the gas piston. Maybe not as what it appears to be which is why I'd like to see more pics. Obviously not available.

This prompted me to add a post to the forum showing the various gas piston areas for the commercial manufacturers. Often this area is unique and can ID who made it or used it. I've avoided doing breakdowns comparing all the various commercial parts to one another but barrels are worth having for future reference.

http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/Forum/topic6287_post50808.html#50808

Have a look at the Federal Ordnance barrel and you will see what caught my eye above.

Jim

Any guesses on who the seller of this Saginaw is? We will give him a bit of credit this time though because he included this line in his listing. "Possibly the stock is a reproduction" Hmm only possibly?

newsman3 wrote: Creative Story Dept USMC Modification Auction Description "Carbine has a U.S. Marine Corps attributed modification performed to the rear sight with a large open V notch cut in place of what was originally a closed peep, as a means of making the sight picture similar to the M1903 Springfield rifle then in service during World War II with the U.S. Marines, and also to improve visibility in low light conditions. Reportedly, the U.S. Marine Corps received approximately 330,000 M1 Carbines during World War II, which is about 5% of the total production between all of the contractors. Most of the U.S. Marine Corps issued examples would have seen hard use in the most important battles of the World War II Pacific Theater, with very few positively identified U.S. Marine Corps issued examples today. The V notch sight modification is considered to be a possible telltale feature linking an M1 Carbine to being a Marine issued example and has been noted on some of the few examples today that have known Marine provenance, making this a desirable example to the discriminating U.S. Military arms collector. Rock Island Auction Company recently sold a Johnson Model 1941 semi-automatic rifle with similar U.S.M.C. attributed sight modifications"

On the bright side, the flip sight and dovetail look good ;)

Very popular and rare design copied from Iver Johnson….or vice versa.