Three years ago this super early rare M1 carbine came into my possession and extensive research has been done on it by number of long time Carbine collectors and enthusiast, and awesome article was posted about it in the newsworthy item section in the Carbine Collectors Club Forum But I would thought I would share some of the pictures of it here as well.

 

It was made in the very first month of production at Inland and it has a number of not previously seen preproduction features and parts.

 

I want to thank Dan Pinto, Marty Black, Larry Ruth, and many others for doing the extensive research work on this rare early Carbine!

 

 

It had the earlier rear taller rear leaf site that was changed just months after production started for the newer high velocity ammunition. Shown on the left in the picture below.

 

it’s bolt had no markings on it anywhere and there was no plunger spring recess in the rear of the trigger guard for its 22 coil spring.

Two of the most unusual and never before seeing features on this early inland are its machine and broached combination magazine Nibs rails, and it’s odd cam cut out on its operating slide.

Another not before seeing feature is it beveled and ground tip of its hammer spring plunger. This may have been done because there was no recess cut into the rear of the trigger wall where the hammer plunger and spring seated, which was changed soon after production started.

 

I forgot to mention that all of the bolt parts are type 1 to include the extractor.

One more picture of the Bolt showing the slight variation on the lug shape and dimension. The one on the left is on Inland 270 and the one on the right is on Inland 3446.

 

And the bolt lug-slide interface must have taken a long time and a lot of patience to be in ground to perfect fit.

The first 100 receivers Inland built were used in testing and were not issued to the War Department. So this number 270 would’ve actually been the 170th receiver that was put together as a complete rifle.

 Below is a picture of Inlands production by month in 1942.

As a long time carbine lover, I can't thank you enough for sharing your photos with us. That's an amazing piece of history that I would never have been able to see otherwise. Thanks for posting.

Here’s a couple pictures of Inland 3446 that I bought so I could compare its late June-early July 1942 produced parts with my 270 Carbine’s April-May parts, some of which were obviously pre-production parts.

 

Its serial number has an interesting machine roll-dye error on the left-hand side of the 3446.

 

old forum topic with  a few early carbines

 

https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/349433-your-early-m1-carbines/

That Carbine 270 is a very cool gun and would be the centerpiece of any serious Carbine guy's collection.  Congrats, and thanks for sharing it with us!

 

Charlie

Now that is a carbine…. Very nice 

Beautiful Carbines, any pics of the complete carbine?  How does the stock look on 270 and what do the markings look like?  Would love to own such early m1's.  Congrats

 

Here’s some pictures of the car being put together. Also added my 1942 ammo pouches, and boxes of dummy training rounds and live ammunition that were produced summer of 1942. And a USMC M1 Carbine qualification book.

 

it has its 1942 issued sling, and the earliest AI marked 15 round magazine.

 

The stock is a LWU marked WW II replacement stock that does not have a circle P on the pistol grip. The WW II Officer who said this was his Carbine said his first stock was broken and this was the one they replaced it with. He was an Officer in the US 1st Infantry Division that formed up early 1942 and deployed to the UK and then landed in North Africa in the fall of 42.

That 270 is special. You are very lucky to own that. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for sharing, that is an interesting carbine!