M1 Carbine

[patricktjms]

Anyone own one and shoot it often? Like? Dislike? I have one but I have never shot the thing. Thought about shooting the carbine match with it this month.

 

[Fergy35]

They are a lot of fun. Very low recoil. Easy to handle. Historical. I would shoot mine all the time if it wasn't for the price of ammo (that is my only dislike). If you have or can get enough ammo together for the carbine match, I am betting you will really like shooting the M1 Carbine. Of course, you would probably want to take it to the range and practice a little with it prior to your match.

 

[BigMoose]

I love mine!

What Carbine match btw?

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbCe4QDKb9w[/ame]

 

[kludge]

Not nearly as often as I want to.

If I had one of the new ones made by Kahr, I would shoot .30 Carbine a lot more.

Mine shoots about 2MOA @ 50 yds with really old surplus ammo.

Like: BIG FUN, .357 Mag power @ 100 yards, light, low recoil, low noise, perfect package size, sights down on the barrel where God intended, super easy manual of arms, and chicks dig them.

Dislikes: people think ammo is gold plated. Kel-Tec doesn't make a SU-30 Carbine. If they did I'd buy one for everyone in my family (seven).

 

[shootersix]

great big pos!, you will be sorry you own one!, you'll hate more when you do shoot it!

but i'll tell you what i'll do....since im a nice guy.... ill take it off your hands!

 

[aaron580]

I love the one I have but.........NO AMMO! so it will more than likely leave soon because of that.

 

[Latewatch]

They are a lot of fun. Very low recoil. Easy to handle. Historical. I would shoot mine all the time if it wasn't for the price of ammo (that is my only dislike). If you have or can get enough ammo together for the carbine match, I am betting you will really like shooting the M1 Carbine. Of course, you would probably want to take it to the range and practice a little with it prior to your match.

Carbines are a lot of fun.......

 

[patricktjms]

but i'll tell you what i'll do....since im a nice guy.... ill take it off your hands![/QUOTE]

What a pal you are!

 

[patricktjms]

I love mine!

What Carbine match btw?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbCe4QDKb9w

There is a carbine match coming up I think on April 28th. Theres a current thread under shooting sports for it. Its at ACC.

 

[mainjet]

I love them. I sold mine in a money crunch years ago. But my son has his own now. I have always loved the 30 carbine. You REALLY need to go shoot that thing.

Here is my son with his. (yea, I know he doesn't have any shooting glasses on)

 

[cosermann]

Very fun to shoot. Used to use one for a bit of small game hunting as a kid.

 

[Duron219]

I love mine and always have fun shooting it. It is pretty light and not too big of a rifle which is great since my hallways aren't the biggest in the world so I use mine for HD. The magazines used to be pretty easy to find and were pretty cheap, like $15 for a 15 rounder and $15 for a 30 rounder. Ammo is hard to find and price has gone up but I only shoot Tula and Herters since it is the cheapest. There are some self defense ammo out there but it is even harder to find and more expense than FMJ ammo. But overall I love and I don't think I will ever get rid of it.

 

[schafe]

Mine is an Inland made carbine. I had it out last weekend, using it to get a new shooter started....they really are that easy to handle.
If it's a wartime carbine, you hold and shoot a piece of history when you take it to the range. I try to shoot mine at least a few times a year, especially on Memorial Day, to honor my dads service in WWll across Europe and Battle of the Bulge.It's fun, makes me proud, and brings a tear all at the same time.
So shoot it...you'll love it!

 

[downzero]

Great gun. Too bad they're so overpriced now. If I still had one, I would probably shoot it little and admire it a lot. Unfortunately, the prices mostly reflect their historical and collector value, and there are modern firearms available for less $$ that fill the niche that they would hold in my stable.

I would love to have a reasonably-priced USGI one, but I'm going to have to wait until the price comes down or my income will support buying one.

 

[jedi]

They are fun to shoot. Sadly with this ammo shortage finding ammo for them is hard since the .30 carbine caliber is not a high priority caliber vs 9mm, .223, etc. Learn to reload and the price of the ammo drops a lot and makes it even better to shoot.

 

[LarryHoosier]

My Inland carbine is one of the few things GM got right! I reload for it and once I found a load it liked (14.4 gn H110) it is very accurate @ 100 yds. My wife loves to shoot it because of the above accuracy plus low kick.

 

[bloodandgutsmurphy]

I picked up one made by National Postal Meter at an auction New Year's Day for a good price at $600. The previous owner bought it from the cmp and I am lucky that he kept the original paperwork.
I shot it on my 21st birthday in an indoor range. It was awesome shooting that rifle. I am going to go to Winamac on Saturday and see how I can do with it at 100 yards. After Saturday I don't want to shoot it that much because I want to keep it in as nice condition as possible. I might pick up an Auto Ordinance in the summer if they won't be impossible to find.

 

[GunSlinger]

The M1 Carbine is one of my favorite rifles to shoot. Like almost everyone above mentioned light recoil, light weight, and the history of the M1 is almost a perfect package. What's not to like? I'd LOVE to have an M2!

Dislikes: None that come to mind.

 

[pwoller]

A blast to shoot. Mine isn't very accurate but its a 1942 so it might have been used and abused in WW2.

 

[WWalker]

I use to have one (Underwood) great little shooter, sold it for parts when the receiver developed a crack in it (strange) Like to get another, but like many have said very costly now. Does anyone have any experience with the newer ones being made?? Most of what I've read has not been very good.