M1 carbine codes manual

G.I. · March 22, 2010, 02:29 PM

Any ideas on a good manual (book) that lists the manufactures codes on all the different components (parts) of the M1 carbine a well as the M1 Garand?

Dfariswheel · March 22, 2010, 07:03 PM

A good Carbine book is "The War Baby" by Larry Ruth.

Another is "U.S. M1 Carbines, Wartime Production" by Craig Riesch.

A very good one that does both the M1 and the Carbine is "Complete Guide to the M1 Garand and the M1 Carbine, by Bruce N. Canfield.
Canfield writes a lot of articles on US military arms for the NRA American Rifleman.

All can be bought on Amazon and often on Ebay.

G.I. · March 22, 2010, 07:30 PM

Thanks for the info, I'll get one ordered.
This site is great!!!!!

Tom2 · March 24, 2010, 07:45 PM

War baby is an expensive book for collectors, The other one by Craig R. has distilled alot of that code/maker information to a small paperback without lots of info on how to service your carbine, etc. So if you want to take the thing apart you should get some of the reproductions of GI manuals in paperback. You can spend some big money on carbine books if you really want to know everything. Then again there may be websites with quite alot of the info but I don't know them all right now.

March 22, 2010, 02:29 PM	#1
G.I. Junior Member Join Date: March 22, 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 4	M1 carbine codes manual Any ideas on a good manual (book) that lists the manufactures codes on all the different components (parts) of the M1 carbine a well as the M1 Garand?

March 22, 2010, 07:30 PM	#3
G.I. Junior Member Join Date: March 22, 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 4	M1 carbine Thanks for the info, I'll get one ordered. This site is great!!!!!

March 24, 2010, 07:45 PM	#4
Tom2 Senior Member Join Date: June 23, 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 5,676	War baby is an expensive book for collectors, The other one by Craig R. has distilled alot of that code/maker information to a small paperback without lots of info on how to service your carbine, etc. So if you want to take the thing apart you should get some of the reproductions of GI manuals in paperback. You can spend some big money on carbine books if you really want to know everything. Then again there may be websites with quite alot of the info but I don't know them all right now. __________________ Your gun is like your nose, it is just wrong for someone else to pick it for you!

March 22, 2010, 07:03 PM	#2
Dfariswheel Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2001 Posts: 7,478	A good Carbine book is "The War Baby" by Larry Ruth. Another is "U.S. M1 Carbines, Wartime Production" by Craig Riesch. A very good one that does both the M1 and the Carbine is "Complete Guide to the M1 Garand and the M1 Carbine, by Bruce N. Canfield. Canfield writes a lot of articles on US military arms for the NRA American Rifleman. All can be bought on Amazon and often on Ebay.