I bought this thing off Gun Broker at the starting price with no other bidders. Think I know why... I paid too much, it's a mess. Maybe somebody who knows these can help me out.
Inland and Saginaw were both divisions of GM and both made Carbines but they were separate manufacturers, right? This rifle's barrel is marked Inland Manufacturing Division, General Motors Corporation (or something real close to that) and has the number 44 underneath the text. Would this be for 1944?
Now, the receiver is stamped Saginaw. My first thought was that an Inland barrel had been installed on the Saginaw receiver. I tried to find a site listing the carbine serial numbers to determine the date on the Saginaw receiver but all I could find was a list of the serials assigned to the various manufacturers. This one is 514800 and according to the site I found this is an Inland number. But the receiver is clearly stamped Saginaw. What gives?
Correction; Misread serial, actually 5,148,000. Doh!
Any ideas on what's happening with this Carbine? Is there a web site with dates of manufacture by serial? Anyone know when this one was made?
Inland and Saginaw were both divisions of GM and both made Carbines but they were separate manufacturers, right? This rifle's barrel is marked Inland Manufacturing Division, General Motors Corporation (or something real close to that) and has the number 44 underneath the text. Would this be for 1944?
Now, the receiver is stamped Saginaw. My first thought was that an Inland barrel had been installed on the Saginaw receiver. I tried to find a site listing the carbine serial numbers to determine the date on the Saginaw receiver but all I could find was a list of the serials assigned to the various manufacturers. This one is 514800 and according to the site I found this is an Inland number. But the receiver is clearly stamped Saginaw. What gives?
Correction; Misread serial, actually 5,148,000. Doh!
Any ideas on what's happening with this Carbine? Is there a web site with dates of manufacture by serial? Anyone know when this one was made?
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