Good morning!

Some very good info on the Underwood carbines specifically:

https://m1family.com/a-little-history-of...s-t14.html

Mine is also an Underwood 1943. Unfortunately. it’s also a Blue Sky bring back with the heavy import stamp on the barrel. Upside is that I had an FFL back then and it only cost me 135 bucks!

Terry

 
Thank you. I’ll look at that.

I can’t give you a dollar figure, but Dad got both his Garand and his carbine before prices went crazy. I want to say that, together, they cost him under $700. My 1911 isn’t surplus- it’s Norinco. Apparently completely interchangeable with a M1911A1 (but, of course, I don’t really know).

All three are a sheer pleasure to shoot. I loaded some 30-06 a while ago from service rifle recipes in Hornady 11th Edition and they shoot great. I don’t have 30 Carbine dies.

The NORINCO 1911 is good to go! It's true USGI specs. Back in the day, when it first came out, it was the only off brand 1911 that many of the big name custom smiths would work on. I had one back then and wish I still had it.

Here's a video you should find useful:

A Reference Guide to M1 Carbines... What to Look For, Is it WW2?



Terry