![]() ![]() It does require minor inletting of the Choate sidefolder’s fore-end channel, but Ultimak makes that easy by offering the already-modified stock for sale directly. 30 M1 Carbine Scout Mount ($96, ), which is available for both G.I.- and commercial-pattern guns in either full Picatinny or partial-Picatinny/Direct Attachment versions. ![]() The second major upgrade involved adding a Picatinny rail for use with optics. Also, since I prefer folders that swing to the right, Choate’s polymer M1 Military Side Fold ($135, ) quickly became the obvious choice. The first order of business was a folding stock, although I found the reproduction M1A1 paratrooper designs and post-war commercial underfolders to be both awkward and scarce. So, after carefully setting aside the original parts, I endeavored to make the little American-made classic even handier and more shootable-using all U.S.-made components. And considering that such endeavors are shunned by collectors, I was determined to demonstrate that it can be done without gunsmithing and, therefore, without permanent alterations to the gun. The gun’s sentimental value far outweighs its historical significance in my mind, so I decided to give it a new lease on life. The Winchester-marked barrel that was ultimately selected for the build bears the name of another entity that imported M1 rifles and carbines at that time, Blue Sky, and all of the other components are period-correct for a late-war Winchester. ![]() An Arlington Ordnance import from Korea, it had been rebuilt by a friend and my brother when they were employed at that now-defunct company. I was generally dismissive of the M1 carbine until recently when I came into possession of a 1944-manufactured Winchester example that once belonged to my late father. It is a concept for which there are few examples, yet is particularly applicable to the modern home defender, rancher or recreational shooter. military’s “light rifle” served with distinction, a few also credit it as the first-ever personal defense weapon (PDW)-a chambering-based category that lies between pistol-caliber carbines and rifles chambered for intermediate-power cartridges. It even spawned commercial variants-some of which are currently available. Made in great numbers-more than 6 million-the M1 carbine served American forces admirably from World War II well into the Vietnam War. ![]()
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