Pawn shop find - M-1 Carbine

[Lanceman]

I was in another town and stopped in to take a look around. Low and behold there is a Plainfield
M-1 Carbine. They had it on their clearance rack and the guy knew less about them than me and that is sad because I know nothing. Anyway it was missing the rear sliding peephole sight but other than that it appears functional. A few little dings and decent blue left on it, nothing major. After I knocked a little crust out of the bore it looks good. The damage out the door including taxes------ $164.00. I don't know much about these except that GI models go for like 400-700 at the gunshow. Was it a good find or did I get hosed ? I figured for that price it wasn't much of a risk plus the guy said he had test fired it a couple of months ago and would give me 7 days to return it if I want. I'm going out to my uncle's this afternoon to test it out and I will post the results. If anyone has any advice on where to get the missing sight piece it would be appreciated, Brownells had the whole assembly (discontinued) but I didn't see the individual peephole part. Thanks, Lance

 

[BamBam-31]

Wow, that's a pretty good deal. I'm one of those that prefers a GI, but you got a pretty good deal for a shooter. Try www.e-gunparts.com for parts. Don't know if the Plainfield takes GI parts, so you might want to call them when ordering. Also, try www.sarcoinc.com. They've usually got parts. Ebay might also have what you're looking for, if you're lucky.

Good luck.

 

[Commissar Gribb]

oh man, what a beaut! look at the flame on that stock.

a great buy!

 

[tc300mag1]

Great Buy

 

[dasmi]

You lucky, lucky man.

 

[railroader]

http://www.e-gunparts.com/product.asp?chrProductSKU=542350B Mark

 

[Trebor]

Good buy. The Planfields are considered to the best of the clone carbines. I believe they used all G.I. parts except for the receiver. When you tear it down, tell us what numbers, etc, are stamped on the hammer and other parts and we can tell you if their G.I. or not. The Planfield receivers are considered to be good quality.

If it shoots good, you got a good deal.

 

[homeka45]

I'd definitely buy it at that price. Score.

 

[JShirley]

Steal.

 

[GunGoBoom]

Outstanding; I'm jealous.

 

[Lanceman]

I broke it down and the only number I saw was on the Slide:

D-7161843-7
HSA

Didn't see any numbers on the hammer.

The magazince release button had (M wa) stamped on it.

It shot great, It is a Keeper for sure. I was impressed with how simple the design is, very easy to work with.

 

[Trebor]

The number on the slide is the drawing number for the slide for the M2 carbine. That should be a GI part. The other large parts (bolt, hammer, etc) should be marked if they are GI parts. If there are no numbers, they are likely aftermarket.

 

[Moonclip]

God deal, I paid $175 and $225 for Plainfields in the last 3-4 years.

One sucked and one has been flawless, should be better than a Universal though.