You know the price of M1 carbines are to high when someone is forced to make one

[indy1919a4]

Just picked this up. Some ingenious rascal said I want an M1 carbine and I am not going to pay the high cost. So they took their Japanese Arisaka and decided to make as close a copy to an M1 that they could.

 

[steif]

dang! well at least they used a real t-38 carbine for the conversion.. lol

 

[Wolfhound]

I thought I had seen everything. That actually doesn't look too bad but zero historical value. There is a certain curiosity value.

 

[biggen]

That's what I'd call, "Firearm Folkart."

 

[dk598]

Does it still have the mum on top of the receiver???? Looks like it!

 

[indy1919a4]

Does it still have the mum on top of the receiver???? Looks like it!

In this case that has been modified also.. It is now a charka Some have called it a flaming charka..

 

[Sigblitz]

I'm just going to leave these here.

https://www.classicfirearms.com/m91...nt-rifle-very-good-excellent-tula-mfg-w-accs/

https://www.classicfirearms.com/m91...334766532849260390019016407983535328490673415

 

[Thor]

That's kind of neat...but since folks are still building carbines I think you'd do this because you can not because you needed to. The ammo would certainly be more affordable.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Ahem...

(from the interwebz)

This is a very rare Thai or Siamese Type 91 carbine. These rifles started out as Japanese Arisaka type 38s that were modified by the Siamese in 1948 after the war. They have a very smooth and strong Arisaka action and are chambered in 6.5 JAP or 6.5 x 50mm. The Siamese modified the stocks and barrels to make them look and feel like the M1 carbines they liked so much. The stock is sporterized with a sling cut, and the bolt handle has been turned down with some inletting on the stock to allow it to sit nicely. They are very handy rifles in this configuration.

These are very rare, with just 2,255 of them thought to have been made. They were imported into the U.S. in small numbers in the late 70s. There are two versions of the Type 91. It is thought that 1,139 were made for the Royal Thai Police, while 1,116 were made for the Thai Military. This one is the latter. The military versions have a crest of a mythical circular weapon (actually a chakra symbol) on the receiver and a turned down bolt, while the police versions have a crest with a shield and sword on the receiver and a straight bolt.

 

[Sigblitz]

 

[Wolfhound]

Well, you got me on that one.

 

[indy1919a4]

Geez is there any subject that you are not a master of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmdEg3T8IOM

Ahem...

(from the interwebz)

This is a very rare Thai or Siamese Type 91 carbine. These rifles started out as Japanese Arisaka type 38s that were modified by the Siamese in 1948 after the war. They have a very smooth and strong Arisaka action and are chambered in 6.5 JAP or 6.5 x 50mm. The Siamese modified the stocks and barrels to make them look and feel like the M1 carbines they liked so much. The stock is sporterized with a sling cut, and the bolt handle has been turned down with some inletting on the stock to allow it to sit nicely. They are very handy rifles in this configuration.

These are very rare, with just 2,255 of them thought to have been made. They were imported into the U.S. in small numbers in the late 70s. There are two versions of the Type 91. It is thought that 1,139 were made for the Royal Thai Police, while 1,116 were made for the Thai Military. This one is the latter. The military versions have a crest of a mythical circular weapon (actually a chakra symbol) on the receiver and a turned down bolt, while the police versions have a crest with a shield and sword on the receiver and a straight bolt.

 

[BlaineBug]

What is the point? It's still not an M1 Carbine. On another note, that folding table looks to be just as vintage as the rifle on top!

 

[indiucky]

Geez is there any subject that you are not a master of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmdEg3T8IOM

Magazine cut off levers.......

 

[indy1919a4]

Magazine cut off levers.......

Even the Great Achilles had his heel .. Now that was a dark day, the yells still hang in my ears "faster Achilleus faster" ..but .. well... you know the rest

 

[indy1919a4]

What is the point? It's still not an M1 Carbine.

Alas we can not always get what we want and we must make due with what we can get..

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Magazine cut off levers.......

Even the Great Achilles had his heel .. Now that was a dark day, the yells still hang in my ears "faster Achilleus faster" ..but .. well... you know the rest

 

[BlaineBug]

Alas we can not always get what we want and we must make due with what we can get..

Well as I understand after reading the article this was not a custom replica for one man but rather an entire army. Seems as if they made a lighter weight carbine out of a normally full size rifle. Still seems a bit goofy to model the shape of the stock off of another carbine, but have two entirely different actions.

 

[RaoulHayduke]

That's...really cool, actually.