Subj : Re: .22 SAA
To   : Moondog
From : Gamgee
Date : Thu May 28 2020 09:41 pm

-=> Moondog wrote to Gamgee <=-

 >  Mo> Fulton Armory and Inland Manufacturing build new production M1
 >  Mo> carbines

 > Well, they might build *clones* of an M1...  Not the same thing.

 Mo> According to the blueprints it's an M1.  If you want to get real
 Mo> choosy on what an M1 is, there's a buttload of Iver Johson
 Mo> "paratrooper" carbines made during the late 1950's people believe
 Mo> are authentic.  The anomaly in this market is the Karh Arms /Auto
 Mo> Ordnance Thompsons.  Auto Ordnance made so many spare parts
 Mo> during WWII, new rifles are made of mostly "new old stock" parts
 Mo> left over from WWII.

In this particular case, I am indeed "real choosy".  To me such 
things are not authentic M1s (or carbines).  You said it yourself 
right there - "mostly" new old stock parts.  "Mostly" is not good 
enough here (for me at least).  :-)



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