Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Mausers and Military Rifles New to me M1 Carbine

I wanted to get my first M1 Carbine before local laws made it more onerous to get semi-autos. Went to the gunshow and being a sucker for nice wood happily bought this one. The blacked out tag inset on the stock is from a local Sheriff's office which these apparently were issued to after Korea? Thats what the seller told me. Seems like this one has some nice history.