So I am probably looking at a December 1943, give or take a few weeks.
Thanks for posting that, I can't get there from work, and I was dying to know.
Yea, that barrel could have been sitting in cosmoline on a parts shelf somewhere for years.Not that it really makes a difference, but what is the barrel date?
Mine is in the 3050XXX range, and has a barrel date of 12-43 (Inland barrel).
How's that a bad thing? Though, mine is 2 million later than yours, my barrel is mirror-like, and in better condition than some of the firearms that pass through my workplace! (Though, those are 'big box store specials", so I dunno).Mine is in the 3050XXX range, and has a barrel date of 12-43 (Inland barrel). If it actually is the original barrel, nobody used this thing.
How's that a bad thing?
So, at least I'm not the only one with torn convictions as to which I'd rather my carbine have had happen.....Part of me hope she saw some action and part of me hopes she was given to some cook that never fired a shot and then the Italians gave it to someone who kept it on a rack somewhere.
I've heard it opined that since the .30 carbine round was never produced with corrosive primers, that is the reason many carbines have their original barrels.