Video - Shooting the tactical M1 Carbine

Cool.

anybody know where to get one of these stocks? any experience with them?

thanks, can't really be watching videos in the office

I enjoy shooting my carbines as they are light handling, easy to point and for fairly accurate for my shooting needs. I just wish ammo wasn't so darn expensive.

I have a buddy who tacted his rifle out with a new stock, scope, vertical grip and various do dads and he was real happg with it. Personally I like mine stock but that may be just me.

Drives me nuts when people decide to make up the own pronunciation of names and words...couldn't make past the second mispronunciation of Choate....

Changing the stock is no big deal at any rate...it can be put back into military for in a couple of minutes. I like my Retro Sporter Carbine...

I'll comment after I get back from work.

Ive heard its pronounced Ko-ate, but again id like to know for sure. Ive heard Chote and shote lol.

I like that m1, probably the only way id get another one was to do that. I couldnt stand the original stock on the one i had.

Lol, love the zombie apocalypse comment. Great vid.

I've always liked your vids Mike.....Now I like your style too

Here's an AO M1 Carbine I put together

I now own this same carbine (purchased from MikePain on Sigforums 4-5 months ago). I've since swapped-out the perforated upper handguard with an Ultimak tactical rail and added a Vortex SPARC red dot sight, making it even more tacticool. Unfortunately, somehow (?) the optic developed a small crack, whih does not affect perfromance but is somewhat annoying, and I called Vortex and the immediately said "send it back" and emailed me a fed ex label. After I shoot it this weekend with my oldest friend, and FBI SA and competitive shooter in Fredericksburg VA, it wil be going back to Vortex.

Great weapon, fun to shoot, a bit picky on which ammunition it likes to shoot I've found, but plenty accurate to 100m and a bit beyond.

Not my style....When somethig is a classic it should stay a classic.

I don't see why their should be any controversy, personally. It's your rifle and you can do whatever you like with it. People like to complain for some reason.

I also don't understand the rage about mispronunciation of Choate. If you've never heard it pronounced, how are you supposed to know?

Next we'll have a catfight about "Leupold" and "Garand."

I'm ordering one on Monday. Grandpa's gun looks like this as of right now:



In my opinion, he earned the right to modify his gun. Good looking stock, I think it'll be a fun combination, but I'll definitely be keeping Grandpa's stock around if I ever decide to change it back.

Let people get mad about you "ruining a classic" There's plenty of them out there, some are worth keeping in original shape, some can be played with.

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Nice video and nice set up. I personally think the M1 carbine is just too historically significant, too expensive and the ammo too expensive for it to be used as an everyday tactical rifle. There are two many other good alternatives (AR, AK, SKS, Mini14/30 etc) available to use it that way. But that it just me. I bought a 1944 Winchester Carbine in a Choate folding stock about 25 years ago. It is back in an original wood stock now.

HarcyPervin
Any chance your grandfathers stock has a manufactures name? I have been looking for an M1 Carbine stock like that for many years.

Mike,
Your setup's interesting, but I've got a Fulton build & I can't see swapping out that nice wood.
I do need to haul it out & shoot it more.
Denis

Great video. I posted the same on Youtube.
M1 carbines are grossly underrated in my opinion.

I pronounce Choate similar to the word "coat" but with a ch. However, I never really heard how others pronounce it. Heck, half the people I've heard talk about the M1 carbine pronounce it "car-bine" instead of "car-bean" which I find amusing and in no way chafing, though the latter is correct.

Some folks might do well to simply grab a cold one and kick back; the world is stressful enough as it is to obsess about pronunciation or phonetics. A simple head's up will do; no spankings are needed.

I see you're likely using the Korean aftermarket magazines (with their distinctive black gloss finish). I've been quite happy with the 3 15-round magazines I bought, but have been quite curious about the 30-round mags. What happens to your carbine if you load more than 25-rounds? Is it a weight issue or due to malfunctioning that you load only 25?

I'll probably stick with the 15 round mags as they've yet to cause a malfunction, but I am curious about other options (as always).

mac66 said:

I personally think the M1 carbine is just too historically significant, too expensive and the ammo too expensive for it to be used as an everyday tactical rifle. There are two many other good alternatives (AR, AK, SKS, Mini14/30 etc) available to use it that way.

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Well, I can't blame you there: the M1 Carbine and fodder is not on the inexpensive side.

However, I have chosen the M1 Carbine as my "home defense" long gun and here's why:
It's light, compact and handy, lending to it's wonderful maneuverability indoors.
It's low in recoil and produces more than sufficient stopping/killing power when JSPs or JHPs are used. It produces little flash indoors as the .30 Carbine being fired from it is designed specifically for it (very little unburned powder emitted). It also produces relatively little muzzle blast so as not to stun or distract the user when fired indoors.

The ammo isn't cheap but I don't find it inhibitively expensive either. I can scrounge up a 50 round box of JSP for around $20. Now that's for a 50-round box. .223 Remington and 7.62x39 is cheaper per box, but they come in 20-round boxes so you'd have to figure the price of two and a half boxes of JSP to accurately compare prices.

The real sick prices come from Corbon's DPX and Speer's Gold Dot, which run $37/20 and $28/20, respectively. As shameful as it is for me to admit it, I do keep to of my three 15-round mags loaded with Speer 110gr Gold Dot JSPs... but considering their purpose, it's well worth the investment.

Great video, Mike. I love collecting historical firearms and I often cringe at "bubba" jobs. I don't think that applies in any way in this case. The changes you've made for one thing can easily be restored to original and as you said, it was not a real collectors piece to begin with given the condition, etc. Don't worry about the nay-sayers....you've got one of the best youtube firearm channels.

As a side note, carbines are still very very popular for pig hunting here in hawaii. Ammo is pricey but dogs are more expensive, so the carbine soldiers on. I dont think ive seen a carbine in decent shape in a number of years LOL

Guys, guys, guys. Ammo is not pricey for the Carbine, you just got to be creative.

Don