M1 Carbine

[Caster]

Be sure to trim the brass. While it looks like pistol brass, it does stretch

Even some of the once fired brass I've loaded has needed trimming.

I trim EVERYTHING.

[A.J. Holst]

and most important if you ever buy one get a tool for working on the bolt. If you need to change an extractor you will need to have the tool or grow a third arm.

Garufa once described changing an extractor without the tool. I still can't figure out how he did it, pretty sure he doesn't know either.

Don't you also need a special tool for removing the gas piston? Thought I saw something in the Fulton Armory catalog. Edited October 31, 2014 by Gotthegoods

[Garufa]

Don't you also need a special tool for removing the gas piston? Thought I saw something in the Fulton Armory catalog.

 

That all depends on if it's staked and how cruddy it is.  Pretty sure I took mine out by hand one time....a long, long time ago.  If it works I see no reason to ever do it again.

[whitewolf001]

I'm at a cross roads.

I don't hunt or shoot past 100 yards, so my carbine is perfect for home defense and zombie like scenarios.

Ammo is a little pricey but I don't burn through a bunch so it's not painful to slowly build up reserves.

Spare parts are plentiful so I could also slowly get stuff to "re-arsenal" down the road.

I can replace the front hand guard with rail from Fulton Armory and invest in a good quality optic, though it would be in front of the action. Is this a good set up option?

Or I buy a modern carbine in a more popular rifle calibe and add the optics?

 

[whitewolf001]

Even some of the once fired brass I've loaded has needed trimming.

I trim EVERYTHING.