Inland M1 Carbine Serial Number Date Of Manufacture

The serial number was placed on the carbine receiver during the manufacturing process of the receiver, not when the carbine was finally assembled. The decision for which receivers would be used for the U.S. Carbine Models M1 or M1A1, and some of the M2's, were made well after the receiver was completed as all of these models used the same receiver. M1 Carbine Books. The M1 Carbine Owner's Guide by Larry Ruth and Scott A. History, development, selecting the rifle, disassembly, assembly, inspection, cleaning, zeroing, and much more. All copies signed by Larry Ruth and Scott Duff! The new second printing of the 'M1 Carbine Owner's Guide' by Larry Ruth and Scott Duff is now available. Many parts on an M1 Carbine were made by many other companies. A correct, as built, M1 Carbine could be made by Inland with parts from other suppliers. All 10 manufacturers swapped parts as needed in order to get the guns built. To answer Dan’s question, RP is Rock-Ola. My Inland M1 Inland. Carbine has a Rock-Ola front sight. Rifle Models 1873 to 1888 Krag U.S. Rifles and Carbines Models 1892 to 1899 M1903 Rifle: Rock Island Arsenal M1903 & M1903A1. The Inland Division of General Motors manufactured 140,000 of them in two product runs in late 1942. They were originally issued to the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions but were later issued to all U.S. Army airborne units and the U.S.

$3,700.00

Description

This is an excellent example of an early, 1943 dated WWII M1A1 Carbine produced by Inland Manufacturing. This carbine was sent to the Augusta Arsenal after war for typical upgrades. Even though it went through Augusta and has typical post war upgrades, the carbine retains its orginal barrel and the stock and handguard match in color and wear. Inland M1A1 carbines in the first run of production were delivered between October 1942 and October 1943 and were numbered in teh 50,000 to 950,000 range. This example’s serial number of 959,514 shows it was manufactured at the end of the serial range and matches the barrel manufacture date of 9/43. The carbine is marked on the front receiver “US CARBINE/CAL 30 M1” and on the rear of the receiver under the rear sight it is marked “INLAND DIV” over “959514”. The barrel is marked “INLAND MFG. DIV./GENERAL MOTORS/”7-43”. The gun retains the original early blued flat bolt. The folding paratrooper stock has the original GI metal folding buttplate with the correct cast in part number of “B257614” with the original folding metal frame and leather cheek piece. The handguard, pistol grip and forend/stock assembly are made of walnut. The handguard is the original, early two rivet. The stock is the original 1943 “high-wood” stock that has been cut to “low wood” as were all reworks. The left side of the stock shows the Augusta Arsenal rework stamp, A.A.I. The handguard and stock are correctly marked I/O for Inland. The pistol grip is either a correct walnut replacement or the original refinished. It displays the correct arsenal rework block “P” firing proof mark on the inside of the grip. It is not marked on the bottom with the crossed cannon cartouche but this is correct for an arsenal rework. The rear flip sight has been replaced with a post war adjustable sight and the front barrel band has been replaced with the later, type 3 integral bayonet lug band. The carbine retains its original push button safety. The magazine catch was upgraded at some time to the later “M” stamped variation of mid 1944. The parkerized finish is in excellent condtion. Comes with an original blued Inland (IA) marked magazine.

The M1A1 Carbine is one of the rarest of US martial arms. And the most copied and faked. Only 140,000 were manufactured and most saw heavy use in WW2, Korea and even Vietnam. Many were sold to foreign countries. Almost none survive today in unaltered condition and those rare examples are now commanding prices in the $6000-7500 range. If you can find one. This 1943 manufactured Inland M1A1 certainly saw service in WW2 and retains most of its original configuration. Although the arsenal reworks are a bit easier to find they are still rare in this conditon. A great opportuity to obtain a historic WW2 classic. FFL or C&R Required.

M1 Carbine Dates Of Manufacture Serial Number

-Main Manufacture & Identification Codes: 'I' 'IN'
-Main Plant Location: Dayton, Ohio.
-Average Cost to Government per completed rifle, $37.75.
-Approximately 2,632,097 total Carbines were made by Inland: About 43% of all M1 Carbines made.
---M1 Carbines: 2,428,486 | 86.91%
---M2 Carbines: 202,800 | 7.73% (Only Inland and Winchester Manufactured these)
---T2 Carbines, Unknown. (Only Inland and Winchester Manufactured these)
---T3 Carbines, 811 | .03% (Only Inland and Winchester Manufactured these)
---M1A1 Carbines, 140,000 | 5.33% More info on M1A1 here (Only Inland made these)
-Serial number blocks assigned by the government:
---- Serial number 1 - 5, October, 1941 - April, 1942 (Tool room prototypes)
---- Serial number 5 - 100, April, 1942 - May, 1942
--1st block, Serial number, 11 - 999,999 | May, 1942 - December, 1943
--2nd block, Serial number, 2,912,520 - 3,212,519 | September, 1943 - Late January, 1944 (Includes Saginaw (S.G.) receivers)
--3rd block, Serial number, 4,879,526 - 5,549,821 | January, 1944 - August, 1944 (Includes Saginaw (S.G.) Receivers)

----Serial number, 5,549,822 - 5,550,376 | August, 1944 (Inland ran into Winchester serial number block)
----Serial number, 5,557,000 - 5,557,990 | August, 1944 (Inland ran into Winchester serial number block)
--4th block, Serial number, 6,219,689 - 6,449,883 | August, 1944 - November, 1944
--5th block, Serial number, 6,629,884 - 7,234,883 | November, 1944 - January, 1945 (Some M2 Production, Fully automatic Carbines) M2 / T3 Specific forum can be found here
--6th block, Serial number, 7,369,661 - 8,069,660 | January, 1945 - August, 1945 (M2 Production, Fully automatic Carbines)
----Serial number, 0001 - 0800 | Late 1944 - 1945 (T3 Production, sniper model Carbines) M2 / T3 Specific forum can be found here
----Serial number, 00001 - 00900 | Late 1944 - 1945 (T3 Production, sniper model Carbines)
-Primary stock & hand guard supplier: S.E. Overton and Hillerich & Bradsby
-Barrel suppliers: Inland, Brown-Lipe-Chapin for Inland.
-Parts made directly by Inland:
Bolts, Receivers, Barrels, Magazine Releases, Hammers, Gas Nuts, Gas Cylinders, Firing Pins and Trigger Housings.
Side Notes

M1 Carbine Serial Number Year

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- Inland was the forerunner for all to follow. Other contractors were gearing up to manufacture the Carbine and Inland provided most of the tooling and production procedures that would enable the others to begin full production.
- Any Inland Receiver with a 'X' after the serial number means that serial number was used by Winchester, its a duplicate so to make it different Inland put an 'X' after the serial number.
-All matching vs how it left the factory:
****** There is a difference between an all matching carbine and how it left the factory, a lot of M1 Carbine contractors shipped parts to other Contractors. Just because its all matching doesn't necessary mean that is how it left the factory. So don't get super disappointing if your Carbine is not all matching, its possible its exactly how it was when it left the factory!!! An example say Underwood was low on sears, Inland would ship some Sears to them. Sometimes marked or unmarked. Here is some known shipments to Inland, how ever there could be more shipments that occurred that are unknown but this is a good reference. (most parts were shipped together in groups, magazine catches with sears, etc)
(Organized by year. 1942 - 1944)
-Underwood shipped approximately 16,000 Firing pins to Inland in 1942.
-Winchester shipped approximately 1,200 firing pins to Inland in 1942.
-Rock-Ola Shipped approximately 10,000 sears to Inland in 1943.
-Underwood shipped approximately 4,000 Rear (Flip sights) to Inland in 1943.
-Winchester shipped approximately 4,000 hammers to Inland in 1943.
-National Postal Meter shipped approximately 25,000 Rear (Flip sights) to Inland in 1944.
-National Postal Meter shipped approximately 1,000 Rear Sight Leafs to Inland in 1944.
Example: You have an all matching Inland except hammer that's marked 'W' for Winchester, there is a good chance it left the factory just like that!!!
Please feel free to PM me or post for any errors or any further information.

-Thanks.
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M1 Carbine Serial Numbers List

--Some history of Inland:
'The Inland Manufacturing Division of General Motors was organized in 1922 for the manufacturing of wood wrapped steering wheels. The division used the buildings and technology of the defunct Dayton Wright Airplane Company. The division was unique as the only division created within the corporation, not acquired by purchase.
By 1924, the wooden steering wheel had been replaced with the hard rubber steering wheel and the division gradually transformed from a wood working operation to a rubber processing operation.
A wartime shortage of men and women to fill jobs led to the enactment of a “buddy” shift. The first business in Dayton to adopt the new buddy shift was Inland Manufacturing. In February 1943, Inland hired a number of high school boys to work at Inland after school until 7 p.m., at which time men and women who had full time jobs during the day would take over and work until 10 p.m.
Inland Division of General Motors was one of nine contractor-established manufacturing facilities that tooled up and turned out M-1 carbines during WWII, a five-pound rifle considered the nation’s best ordnance effort of the war. By the end of the war, Inland had produced over two and a half million carbines. Inland also produced a one-pound pistol called the “Little Monster”, which had been designed to be airdropped to resistance fighters in Europe.
During the war Inland also made tank tracks for America’s leading tank manufacturers, as well as Great Britain’s. At war’s end almost 20 million tank shoes of various sizes were fabricated by Inland. The diesel tank clutch was another product developed by Inland. Inland also made gun sights and shoulder rests for the rapid firing 20mm anti-aircraft gun. Helmet liners were produced in great quantities by Inland. Fire extinguisher horns used on United States Naval ships were in short supply and insufficient strength. Within 60 days Inland was mass-producing a new and improved horn. Inland aircraft hose, steering wheels, gaskets, sleeves, bushings and countless other small parts were produced for the war effort.
After the war, Inland applied its experience to mass produce plastic and rubber steering wheels, clutches, motor mounts, running boards, gravel shields, brake linings, weather strips, refrigerator door seals, defroster hose, small plastic parts, radio cabinets and many other products. Inland practically took over the metal ice tray business producing trays for almost all the large electric refrigerator companies.
By the 1950’s, Inland was making brake linings, bumpers, turn signals and a host of other automotive products. By 1982, it also was turning out fiberglass suspension springs for the Chevrolet Corvette.
In 1989, the Inland division was merged with Fisher Guide to form Inland Fisher Guide. That was later grouped with GM’s other components divisions to form the Automotive Components Group (ACG).