Quote Originally Posted by DavidH View Post
Good on ya for completing the collection. Very cool for collectors. I never was, and critique firearms solely on merit. The 30 Carbine, while successful as a lightweight *in between* small arm, left much to be desired as a primary battle rifle. Problem problem was that anemic 30 Carbine round. 110gr FMJ @ 1900fps(maybe), was a good pistol round.....but many commentaries giving the M1 Carbine an effective range of 300yds was unrealistic at best!
The only thing I know is my father had to kill a lot of North Koreans and Chinese with one during the Korean War.

He made it back, meaning the M1 carbine did its job?