modern inland m1 carbine serial number lookup

It has a green canvas sling and a parkerized 'IS' marked 15 round magazine.Rear sight: aperture L-type flip or adjustable, front sight: wing-protected post Government acceptance proofs which is correct as this was never accepted by the U.S. It has a 'HI' marked walnut stock and a four rivet 'IO' marked walnut handguard. It also has a unmarked push button safety and a unmarked blued magazine catch. It many late production parts mixed with several unmarked parts, such as a round blued bolt, a stamped, adjustable rear sight, a DA-Q marked reblued operating slide, a late production unmarked M1 trigger housing with unmarked internal components. It has a very late type three barrel band with the bayonet lug with a 'Q' proof on the left side. DIV/GENERAL MOTORS/9-44' with a single small 'P' proof stamped in the middle of the exposed barrel. 30 M1', and the rear of the receiver is marked with the early larger style 'INLAND DIV/XC39' under the rear sight. We do not have any history as to who this was presented to. They were usually hand built using left over/select production parts and wood to make sure they not only looked good but functioned equally as well. It is estimated that approximately 100 of the 'XC' serial numbered receivers manufactured with any original example considered as very rare and highly desirable by advanced M1 Carbine collectors. At the end of the war, they utilized these 'X' prefix serial numbered receivers for Presentation Grade M1 Carbines, intended as gifts for senior military members as well as General Motors executives. During the initial stages of WWII, General Motors designated a specific serial number block of M1 carbine receivers for use as either experimental or prototype carbines. This is a very nice example of a rare World War II Inland Division Presentation Grade M1 Carbine that was manufactured by the General Motors Corp., serial number 'XC39'.

Modern inland m1 carbine serial number lookup