M1 Carbine Scope mount

[FuzzyBunny]

How rare are U.S. military scope mounts for the M1 Carbine?

I think I may have one but no scope.
Before you say it I will, why scope an M1 Carbine?

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

The only scope the military put on the M1 Carbine was the big infrared deal (Carbine, M3), commonly used as a sniper rifle in the Korean War period and later. I have an Ultimak mount on one, and it works well with forward mount scopes or red dots.

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[MJD]

How much of a shift in zero do you see from routine assembly/disassembly for cleaning?

 

[greyling22]

shouldn't really be any shift. It's bolted to the barrel and doesn't touch anything else. I haven't pulled mine out of the stock since I installed mine though, so I can't say for sure.

 

[MJD]

Understood,I apparently didn't read the product description closely enough. I was under the impression that the barrel band was providing the sole source of tension.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

No, it is fully mounted to the barrel, and never shifts. Removal of the barreled action for cleaning shows no shift in point of impact. It is a very fine mount for its purpose.

 

[USSR]

Yes, the Ultimak is a good, solid setup for mounting optics on the M1 Carbine.

Don

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

I think the only U.S. scoped Carbine was the M-3 with the night sniping array. Do a search and you'll be able to look at components o determine if it's M-3 or not.

 

[Salmoneye]

I am surprised no one has posted this mount yet:

Not affilliated with the company in any way:

http://www.gungarage.com/m1carbinemountinfo.htm

It mounts in the rear sight dovetail...Knock out the GI sight, slide a threaded piece in the dovetail, and screw down the rail...

I have not tried a heavy scope, but it holds my Millet Red Dot nicely...

As to the original question, I agree that the only GI scope was the IR...

 

[dprice3844444]

http://www.scopemounts.com/index.html?main.html#