Looking for a Enforcer M1 Carbine

[Panzerschwein]

Sent my carbine back two or three times because it wouldn't cycle well and it still won't feed from a full mag. It does okay if I only load 9 or 10 rounds into a 15 round magazine. I still thinks it's their crappy magazines. I need to get a good GI mag and see how it does. I can't recommend Inland Mfg to anybody right now.

Yeah, I hear this all over.

I was about to buy one, but once all the negative stories started coming in, I reconsidered.

 

[Captain O]

Welcome Home, Brother. I was stateside during the last days of Vietnam (a Navy Jet Mechanic). I, too, want another M1 Carbine. I'm considering a folding stock "Paratrooper model" for HD and woods walking.

I had a Universal and was "dead-nuts" accurate with it. Would I be well-served by the Auto-Ordnance model?

 

[mnrivrat]

Back in the day both Universal and Plainfield made non GI spec carbines. I think only Universal made the enforcer pistol at the time I was active in buying (mid 1960's thru the 1980's).
In 1987 I bought a Universal enforcer for $100 .

Of those manufacturers the Plainfield was a better gun.

I also had a GI issue carbine that I think was Inland . When did they start making them again for the civilian market ?

 

[rondog]

I also had a GI issue carbine that I think was Inland . When did they start making them again for the civilian market ?

Not long ago, fairly recent thing. https://www.inland-mfg.com/index.html

 

[DougW]

Capt O, my AO M1 Carbine has been a great shooter for years. You will always hear stories about bad ones, but mine has been perfect. USGI 15 round mags and replaced the L rear site with a surplus adjustable.

I bought the AO as I could not find a decent USGI original, and I am happy with my descision.

 

[Captain O]

Thanks, DougW. I will have to wait until late in 2016 until I can afford to buy the rifle, but I have always been impressed with how a good soft point round for the M1 Carbine can tear the living daylights out of anything that gets in it's way!

I have viewed some recent You Tube videos of 20% Ordnance Gelatin tests. Brass Fetcher showed how ball ammunition "zips" right through the gelatin block, disrupting the gelatin violently. Another showed how a 110 grain Soft Point was virtually torn up for nearly 20 inches (expansion began at 4 inches). The expanded bullet came to rest at 19.5 inches after it entered the gelatin block... expansion was perfect!

This was what "cinched" my idea of buying a new M1 Carbine. Low recoil, excellent terminal ballistic performance, excellent accuracy, lightweight rifle, quick handling... have I missed something?

I think not.

 

[wd4ngb]

Since I started this looking for a clone to my Nam gun, here it is.

It is a new Inland Advisor.

 

[boom boom]

That is one wicked piece of old and new technology blended together. Hope you enjoy it.

 

[rdmercer]

I bought a new issue Inland M1 carbine this summer and started to have feed issues. The first 2-3 rnds would fail to climb the feed ramp and so I bought some Korean mags and this solved the problem almost 100%.

 

[wd4ngb]

During my 22 years in the Army, I carried a M1, M1 Carbine, M2 Carbine, M14, M14A1E1, M16, M79, and fired the M2 50 cal. The M1 Carbine was my favorite. Here is my Carbine page.

http://webpages.charter.net/wd4ngb/

 

[Speedo66]

AIM Surplus carries the Korean 30 rd. mags, pretty inexpensive too. I ones I got work perfectly in my GI Carbine.

 

[LoonWulf]

Good looking gun there wd4ngb. I've always loved the carbine, but knew very little of their history. Now i have aomething else to research. Let us know how it shoots!