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You said the gun is in original condition. How did you determine that?
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I think what he means is that it hasn't been sporterized, etc; "original" as in "still in US GI condition", which is what it looks like to me. Pretty wood but some of the GI stocks had nice figuring
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Almost all the M1 carbines were rebuilt and updated after WWII so it's not uncommon to find one with mis-matched parts because they didn't take the time to put the original parts back in a gun. Even early manufacture guns will have late-manufacture features.
Thank you both for your input. However, I would like the original poster to respond. It would be refreshing to hear that it is truly all original. There are some out there, I know of one that was brought back after the war.
It was on a ship and never saw land. That and a .45 cal. was issued to my neighbor. He was a young Lt. in the infantry waiting to invade Japan. As we know, the invasion never took place. After being discharged, he became an FBI agent and still had possession of both the M1 carbine and .45.
I've seen both of them and offered to purchase them. He said that he was going to pass them down to his son. After being my neighbor here in NY for many years, he relocated to MO. We stayed in touch briefly for a couple of years and he passed away. Since then, I have not had contact with any of his family. I can only presume that his son now has the carbine and .45? Can't say for sure.