I took out my 1943 Rock-Ola M1 Carbine and shot my reactive Mini-Mo target. It has the original flip sight. The mini-Mo silhouette it a pretty small target through the iron battle sight. It made for a good challenge. I put together this video, Hope you enjoy it.
I purchase this out of auction about 4 years ago off gunbroker. It was in a little rougher condition that what I initially expected. On my first trip to the range, the charging handle would slip out of the track on recoil. I contacted Columbus Machine, and they were able to build up the worn lug with Tig weld, and then re-machine it back into spec. Once that was fixed, I quickly found that the front sight was entirely too short. I believe the carbine probably had the upgraded adjustable rear sight, and the front sight was tuned to it. Then a previous owner swapped the sight for the original flip sight, and didn’t change the front sight. I tracked down a replacement reproduction uncut full height front sight, which put it back into spec. The stock is worn and I think the receiver could shift in the stock on recoil, so I added just a bit of acraglas on the rear tang, and added a couple of dowels to fix a couple cracks at the tang. Its still much more temperamental that most of my other rifles, with occasional failure to feeds, but a quick recycle of the charging handle usually resolves that. It took a little TLC, but its back running.
I purchase this out of auction about 4 years ago off gunbroker. It was in a little rougher condition that what I initially expected. On my first trip to the range, the charging handle would slip out of the track on recoil. I contacted Columbus Machine, and they were able to build up the worn lug with Tig weld, and then re-machine it back into spec. Once that was fixed, I quickly found that the front sight was entirely too short. I believe the carbine probably had the upgraded adjustable rear sight, and the front sight was tuned to it. Then a previous owner swapped the sight for the original flip sight, and didn’t change the front sight. I tracked down a replacement reproduction uncut full height front sight, which put it back into spec. The stock is worn and I think the receiver could shift in the stock on recoil, so I added just a bit of acraglas on the rear tang, and added a couple of dowels to fix a couple cracks at the tang. Its still much more temperamental that most of my other rifles, with occasional failure to feeds, but a quick recycle of the charging handle usually resolves that. It took a little TLC, but its back running.
M1 Carbine Against a Mini-Mo Target
I take my M1 Carbine to the range and try it against a Mini-Mo Reactive Target. Its a 1943 Rock-Ola M1 Carbine. Mini-Mo is short for miniature Mozambique ...
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