Almost there...

[A.J. Holst]

My M1 Carbine project with parts and accessories.

Standard length barrel, low tech camera operator.

 

 

[Garufa]

Finally, a picture. 

What's the extra hand guard for?

[A.J. Holst]

47 minutes ago, Garufa said:

Finally, a picture. 

What's the extra hand guard for?

Poor diagnostics

The original purchase came with an installed Numrich over-receiver scope mount. 

Bought the ventilated guard with the Choate folder.

Wrongly assumed ejection failures due to scope mount; spent brass hitting mount and deflecting back down into receiver.

Bought the railed guard to solve a problem which may or may not have contributed to the FTE issues

The railed guard is a nice piece of aluminum, I don't like the extra weight it adds out front and get too hot to touch while shooting.

[Grayfox54]

The M1 Carbine is a fun little rifle and excellent for home defense. I have two. One is just like Uncle Sam issued them, but the other I've played with a bit. 

Max Brooks, author of "The Zombie Survival Guide" and "World War Z" feels that the M1 Carbine is the ideal Zombie gun. Who am I to doubt the expert? So I built myself a Zombie Rifle. 

[A.J. Holst]

Gray, that is awesome, especially with the bayonet lug for extra zombie poking.

What model Reflex? I have a 1" tube red dot, which is border line too small to be mounted that far forward; I've decided not to re-install the over-receiver scope mount.

 

Edited August 30, 2016 by Gotthegoods

[up2snuff]

The M1 Carbine is a fun little rifle and excellent for home defense. I have two. One is just like Uncle Sam issued them, but the other I've played with a bit. 

Max Brooks, author of "The Zombie Survival Guide" and "World War Z" feels that the M1 Carbine is the ideal Zombie gun. Who am I to doubt the expert? So I built myself a Zombie Rifle. 

I agree that the M1 would make a good zombie gun. At 100 yards it has about the same energy as the muzzle energy of a 357 Magnum with an equivalent bullet weight.

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[Grayfox54]

That's an old EoTech 512 that I've had for years. Yeah, I know, they're supposed to be bad, lose zero, whatever. Mine's never given me a bit of trouble. 

The bayonet lug came on the barrel, but I don't have a blade to fit it. If you can find one, the prices are nuts. 

[A.J. Holst]

Bayonet http://www.fulton-armory.com/bayonetm4originalgiwplasticgripnew.aspx

[Moped]

Plenty on Ebay too.    http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=us+bayonets+m4&clk_rvr_id=1085336144929&adpos={adposition}&rlsa=kwd-19710414917&geo_id=10232&MT_ID=7&crlp={creative}_2416792&cmpgn_id=43682539&query=bayonet%2C+m4&keyword=us+bayonets+m4&device=c&crdt=0&ad_grp=3791505886&ul_noapp=true