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What is this "cold" you speak of?

I just have my dad's Universal with a weaver 2.5X scope. It's unfortunately not very reliable, however it is surprisingly accurate. I've killed some big hogs, lots of varmints and a deer at 115 yards with it. I've got a lot of respect for those little. 30 caliber soft points. I wish I had a more reliable rifle.

Blue Sky is a company that imported a ton of .30 Carbines from South Korea. My Quality Arms is a Blue Sky import and is in like new condition.

My dad had one in Korea. Dad was small statured and liked the M1 Carbine better than the Garand. If he had any issues with it I don't remember him complaining about it in any way. A friend that is in the know on U.S. military arms say the biggest issue with Carbine reliability is having good magazines. He also says stick with the 15 round magazines. There are some more modern loads that I think should be quite capable of self defense/home defense/ranch rifle kinda chores. I don't think the M1 Carbine is as capable as a good AR style rifle but I surely wouldn't feel unarmed with an M1 of known reliability.

Have seen a new production Chippawa (SP?) M1 style carbine chambered for 9MM Luger.

THAT is the one I want. WAY more affordable ammo. Not sure if they are still in production?

Virgil B.

Blue Sky was importer during the 1970's out of Arlington Va. their import roll mark on side of barrel, these were high condition M-1 Carbines. Military collectors frown on import mark carbines as they bring less money but as shooters when you find one in high condition buy it. I've owned 6 carbines sold by CMP during the mid 2000's, off all the manufactures the Underwood barrels were the best shooters. Underwood button rifled the barrels so sought after by competitors. When CMP sold these carbines average cost $500-$600 and now bring $2500 with CMP paperwork. I've seen Blue Sky imports in the mid teens.

Mine is a Saginaw Steering Gear in really excellent condition with CMP paperwork. I also have an unopened spam can of ammo I bought at the same time. I tnink the days of spending a day browsing rifles at the CMP store are past.

It might be that the piston is grunged up and not hitting as quick as it should. The pistons in an M1 Carbine aren't as easy to remove as an AK or an SKS. They're only about an inch long and held in position by a nut that's staked into place. You need the wrench to remove the nut, and typically the nut is replaced with a new one anytime it's removed.

With good mags, my old Iver Johnson M1 Carbine was 100% reliable.

Every .30 carbine I've shot below 30* F has failed to cycle consistently. I don't think it's the gun, but rather the cartridge, specifically the powders fueling it. H-110 is one of the common powders used in it.

Never saw the appeal of the M1 Carbine. If I did, I wouldn't be giving FA my money.

I have an Inland M1 mad by GM, Out of the 6.5 million M1's, Inland made the majority of them in their plant in Ohio.
Mine has the barrel stamped with the month and year I was born and only a few months before the War ended, so I doubt that mine saw any action in the Pacific.
Bought it from a collector and after a little research found it was most likely all original as all the numbers match and no sign of it being arsenal rebuilt. Paid ;$800 for it 10 year ago.
It goes well with my M1 Garrand, M14 and M16.

blue sky was an importer guns were in south korea.they were stamped so hard that stamp bent the barrel some