[Paniolo808]

Aloha, a friend recently gave me a old or appears to be old .30 cal
carbine to just play around with. I tried to find the maker of it and it says General Motors on the barrel or reciever (cant remember which), I think it also said Saginaw Michigan too. Is this good or bad. I mostly use this gun up in the pasture to pop some errant pigs or trespassing dogs. Did a search and couldn't find anything on GM so I was hoping somebody would know. Thanks in advance.



Aloha!

[4v50 Gary]

Mine's a Saginaw too. Saginaw is the steering gear division of GM.

[dfariswheel]

This is GOOD.
During World War II, General Motors Corporation made M1 Cabines for the government.
Carbines were made by the Inland Division, and by Saginaw Steering Gear Division.

Both were prime makers, and their carbines are excellent quality.

[Bainx]

Pan...congrats on your aquisition.

Welcome aboard!

[Jim K]

Pan, US carbines are very collectible and becoming more valuable all the time. So pop the pigs, but don't do anything to the carbine, like rebluing or cleaning up the stock.

Jim

[Mark IV Series 80]

From:
http://www.fulton-armory.com/M1Carbine.htm

M1 Carbine Production

Inland Manufacturing Division, G.M.C...... 2,632,097 43.0%
Winchester Repeating Arms Co................ 828,059 13.5%
Underwood-Elliot-Fisher Co.................. 545,616 8.9%
* Saginaw Steering Gear Div., G.M.C........... 517,212 8.5%
** National Postal Meter Co.................... 413,017 6.8%
*** Quality Hardware & Machine Co............... 359,666 5.9%
International Business Machines Corp (IBM).. 346,500 5.7%
Standard Products Co........................ 247,160 4.0%
Rock-Ola Co................................. 228,500 3.7%
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Total: 6,221,220

* Note that Saginaw had two plants in operation, one in Saginaw, MI and one in Grand Rapids, MI. The Grand Rapids facility assumed a contract that had been originally awarded to Irwin-Pedersen Arms Co....I-P had assembled only 3,542 guns at the time, none of which were accepted by the government.

**Note that a few early NPM receivers are marked "Rochester", for the Rochester Defence Corp. A very few late receivers are marked "CCC", for Commecial Controls Corp.

***Note that some Quality Hardware carbines were assembled using receivers made by Union Switch & Signal Co, hence the "UN-QUALITY" marked carbines. These are highly prized by some carbine aficionados.

[Paniolo808]

Thanks guys, appreciate the response. I guess ill try and keep a little better care of it for now on :)



Aloha