Comments on: Still A Great Rifle: The .30 Carbine

By: tsbhoa.p.jr

tsbhoa.p.jr — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:29:42 +0000

too late.
always wanted one of these. then was discouraged by my ffl as too weak. now i want one again.
iirc it is 7.62×33 so a bit shy of kalash. but hotter than tok.
the hornady loading sounds interesting.

By: .40 cal Booger

.40 cal Booger — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:39:14 +0000

In reply to .40 cal Booger.

BTW, something people sometimes confuse – the M1 Carbine is not a carbine version of the M1 Garand rifle. On 1 July 1925, the U.S. Army switched to using the current naming convention for weapons where the “M” is the designation for “Model” and the number represents the sequential development iteration of the weapon. The “M1 Carbine” was the first carbine developed under this system. Something else people sometimes confuse, the M2 with the M1. The M1 was semi-auto, the M2 was select fire.

By: .40 cal Booger

.40 cal Booger — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:50:59 +0000

The M1 is a great rifle. Probably one of the best rifles ever made. I have a few of them, but the one I like the best is an authentic military rifle that has some history behind it with an interesting story. The rifle was semi-auto and was issued and used in combat in WWII but after the war it was placed in storage where it sit for years when it was finally placed in surplus and available for the public to buy in an auction at a depot in 1990. It was sold in a lot of several other M1 rifles to a gun dealer in Tennessee. Upon receiving and unpacking the rifles, the co-owner of the gun store pulled this particular rifle out of the case and saw some small initials that had been carved into the stock – they were his initials and when he checked the serial number he realized it was the same rifle he had carried in WWII. That guy was one of my uncles, and he passed away in 2007 and had willed his entire gun collection to me and among them was this rifle.

By: Liam's Dad

Liam's Dad — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:08:50 +0000

I love the gun and the caliber, I wish Classic Carbines would start making fine arms…