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 01-29-2012, 04:18 PM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 7 |  M1 carbine
Can the year of manufacture be determined by the serial number.If so,how can I look it up? | 
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| 01-29-2012, 06:46 PM | #2 | Moderator Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Third bunker on the right, Central Virginia Posts: 8,367 Liked 3 Times on 3 Posts
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If you mean a US military M1 Carbine, yes- there were blocks of serial numers assigned to different makers. If you mean a civilian version, like a Planfield or Universal- yer own your own, dude.
Here are the blocks assigned and dates-
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| 01-30-2012, 01:10 AM | #3 | Vendor Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Champlin, MN Posts: 11 |
Thanks for posting the chart looks like my inland was made in the spring of '44 about the sametime as my Garand. Too bad there isn't a paper trail available of where they went and the units they were assigned to. Although I have mental images of my carbine on Iwo Jima and Korea, it was probably sitting in a national guard arms room. | |
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| 01-30-2012, 01:22 AM | #4 | Moderator Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Third bunker on the right, Central Virginia Posts: 8,367 Liked 3 Times on 3 Posts
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Don't be too sure about that. In the Spring of '44, a lot of the National Guard was getting ready to go ashore at Omaha Beach. __________________
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| 01-30-2012, 03:36 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: , Bay Area, California Posts: 167 |
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Originally Posted by c3shooter
If you mean a US military M1 Carbine, yes- there were blocks of serial numers assigned to different makers. If you mean a civilian version, like a Planfield or Universal- yer own your own, dude.
Here are the blocks assigned and dates-
Attachment 38368 |
Do you have the info for the rest of the mfgs? I have a Standard Products and would like to see it's birth information. | |
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| 01-30-2012, 03:54 PM | #6 | Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 7 | M1 Carbine
Thanks for your input. | |
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| 01-30-2012, 05:02 PM | #7 | Moderator Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Third bunker on the right, Central Virginia Posts: 8,367 Liked 3 Times on 3 Posts
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Jismail- all military carbines were made during WW 2 in a very short time period. I THINK yours was 1944, but I cannot nail it down beyond that.
STANDARD PRODUCTS
TOTAL CARBINES PRODUCED: 247,100
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE
1,982,520-2,352,519 __________________
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| 01-31-2012, 04:56 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Prince Frederick, Maryland Posts: 151 |
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Originally Posted by c3shooter
Don't be too sure about that. In the Spring of '44, a lot of the National Guard was getting ready to go ashore at Omaha Beach.
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Bedford, VA, had the highest casualty rate per capita on D-Day because a locally raised National Guard outfit hit Omaha beach and took some hits. They have a huge outdoor memorial for those guys. | |
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