Nice. Try not to use your magazine for a mono pod though.
You might want to go on you tube and put M-1 carbine at 300 yards in the search just for giggles.
The old FM field manual on the carbines listed the max effective range as 275 yards and had discriptions of range courses to that range for qualification of carbine armed troops. This means the US Army thought the AVERAGE trained Carbine shooter with the AVERAGE carbine could get 50 percent or more hits on the kneeling man target when shooting at that known range with proper sight settings.
I like that ammo and I think CMP mentioned it as being good for reloading.
I am serious about going to the CMP site and reading the stuff on shooting the M-1 Carbine. For instance, how you assemble your rifle after cleaning can make a big difference in accuracy.
Keep in mind CMP, as the old DCM, did not just sell Carbines to the public, they also sponsored Clubs that had programs dedicated to teaching youth to shoot the carbine at 100 yards in the past. They put some effort into figuring out how to make carbines shoot well so kids would have a good experience.
DCM was the government response to the need to nationalize military training.
Earlier the NRA was founded by some Civil War Union Officers as a private group to provide training so that when called to militia service young men could be already trained in marksmanship.....a skill sadly lacking among most Union consripts and many militia units.
After the Mann act that established the modern national guard as a federally trained force, the Director of Civilian Marksmanship was established to train folks pre induction. Surplus rifles and ammunition were sold to individuals and clubs not to raise money, but to provide equipment for training. Some rifles were dispensed by the NRA at low cost until complaints from non members stopped that. I believe a fair number of carbines were let out to the public through that program as were 1903, 1903A3 rifles and believe it or don't 1911A1 pistols.
A good many M-1 carbines ( so not all were converted to M2 carbines even then) were sent to US law enforcement agencies basically at cost of paperwork and shipping in the early and mid 1960's with many ending up considered the personal property of individual LEOs and so entered the civilian market. I got my first Carbine on long term loan from the local PD department for working on the other 14 they got to get them cleaned and ready to use. I think if a 14 year old took an M-1 carbine he got even from the local police to school today bad things would happen. BTW old Chief died and new chief in inventorying things found one carbine "missing" or at least un accounted for. The other 14 had all been properly papered to auxillerymen as personal weapons and written off the books , but one had been just given to some kid.......so while I was over seas in the Army the new Chief called Dad and had him turn it in. No, I was not pleased. Yes it sat in the new Cheifs office for years just looking neat behind his desk.....grrr....and Dad better be darn sure everyone understands I get his from that batch when he leaves us. Being the second best of that batch of guns it is nice.....the best of the bunch was mine.
My current carbine is "Mmmpf" average and cost me what I thought a lot at the time.
Before DCM was post officed into not being federally funded and run any more many studies indicated it was the MOST successful recruiting tool available for the armed forces as well, that is most cost efficient.
Enjoy your little bit of American history.
-kBob
It has a bayonet mount and adjustable peep sights. Little rifle shoots good, is reliable, accurate enough, and down right fun! I think you will enjoy it for years.
