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Thread: M1 Carbine Stock Repair
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December 14th, 2023, 05:06 PM #11
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December 14th, 2023, 05:21 PM #12Grand Member
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Re: M1 Carbine Stock Repair
According to Craigs Riesch's book just about all IBM stocks were high wall and only those with a serial number over 3,890,000 are low wood. Is your barrel and other major parts correct? Does it have the later Korean rear site and bayonet lug? If it does paying hundreds to put a correct stock on an "incorrect" rifle doesn't seem like a good investment (not even factoring in the fakes). Besides very few people would even know the difference or know how decode the sling cutout markings to know it was an IBM.
Does you shock have traces of a cartouche? If it does keep it.
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December 14th, 2023, 05:52 PM #13
Re: M1 Carbine Stock Repair
A good trick I used to repair a flintlock stock was taking the repair material from the stock under the buttplate, this way the wood will match in species, grain and color, the repair is almost invisible after stain and finish. You can buy a dowel plug bit (essentially a hollow drill bit) and get the repair plugs from under the buttplate, if you hog out a big enough piece, you can make the dowels with side grain showing vs end grain, then use any filler to fill in the voids under the buttplate, I'd use bondo or some sort of epoxy.
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December 14th, 2023, 06:31 PM #14
Re: M1 Carbine Stock Repair
My serial # is 386XXXX. The barrel and receiver are both IBM. The trigger assembly is Inland which from what I read could still be original. The stock on it is an M2 that I think someone tried to reshape like an M1. It has the Type II Inland sight, type III Inland bayonet lug, and flip safety. Under the barrel is an import mark Arlington Ordinance indicating that it spent time in South Korea.
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December 14th, 2023, 06:57 PM #15Grand Member
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Re: M1 Carbine Stock Repair
Close enough for me since these published numbers are not always exact. I wouldn't have a problem with a low wood replacement and it would look a lot more correct than a reprofiled M2 stock. You can decide if its worth a premium to buy an IBM stock or a more common one since no one will know the difference.
You have a typical post WWII rebuild and there is nothing wrong with that since there are few (if any) original / as built rifles out there. With the current cost of parts it doesn't make sense financially to try and make it "correct" again (especially for an import).
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December 14th, 2023, 09:23 PM #16
Re: M1 Carbine Stock Repair
I got a half decent IBM with a cartouche on Ebay for $136 plus shipping and tax.
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December 14th, 2023, 09:38 PM #17Grand Member
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December 14th, 2023, 10:09 PM #18
Re: M1 Carbine Stock Repair
Thanks! I actually tried to buy an Inland from the same seller that ended 10 minutes before this one. The Inland looked like almost mint condition. It sold for $148. Now I need to find a handguard that matches.
I might sell the vintage ATI polymer/wire adjustable length stock that came with the rifle to help offset the cost.
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December 14th, 2023, 10:38 PM #19
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