

Reloaders’ Guide (1995) – – Hodgdon’s Basic Reloaders Manual (1996) – – Speer Reloading Manual, #12 – – Winchester Reloading Components Manual, 14th edition – – Lyman Piston & Revolver Reloading Handbook, 2nd edition. 1996 Reloading booklet – – Alliant Powder Co. WMR, WSF, WSL, 760, 748, 231 and 540 are products of Winchester, Components Div. IMR 3031 and IMR 4895 are products of IMR (formerly DuPont) Powder Company. H380, H450 and H4895 are products of Hodgdon Powders. #2400, Reloader 7, 11, 12, 15, 19, and 22 are products of Alliant (formerly Hercules) Powders. As I remember, that pistol would use several types of. 30 M-1, so you could use the same cartridge in your rifle and handgun. Ruger had a cylinder for one of their single action, six-shooters that would use the. Loads need to be fairly consistent to make the action work properly. 9ĭiscussion: For owners of M-1 Carbines, it’s a lot of fun to fire away with this little semi-auto. * compressed load 112 grain Lead RN or SWC IMR 4227 * compressed load 110 grain SJ or Hornady RN IMR 4227 100 grain SJ (Hornady Short Jacket) IMR 4227 It is just a guide and the reason you should start under these charges and work up. Due to different barrel lengths, type of bullet, seating depth, primer type and other factors, you may not get near the FPS charted. (See note on Powders below or read all about various Powders.)īullets are. You certainly want to measure your powder carefully and check the loads to make sure you have the correct bullet weight, type and powder before shooting. With any auto, the loads will be trickier. (Note: These are maximum loads, you should use 3-5% less to start.) I was advised by a fellow shooter on the web, that backing off any more than 3% would not allow the M-1 Carbine to function properly. (FN=Flat Nose, SP= Spire Point, HP= Hollow Point, RN= Round Nose) JHP= Jacketed Hollow Point, FMJ=Full Metal Jacket) Short-barrel M1 Carbine with pistol grip, retractable wire stock and forward pistol grip. Other rifles based on the M1 Carbine, such as the Howa M300, were also manufactured.

Surplus M1 Carbines were widely exported to US allies, and it remains a popular weapon among Israeli police to this day.

The M1 carbine could still be found in US National Guard, Army or Air Force reserve unit armories on into the early 1970s, in addition it was a common police weapon from the mid 1950s into the late 1970s. The upgraded version was used extensively during the Korean conflict and into the early years of Vietnam. Occupation troops did, however, get this version of the gun.
30 CALIBRE M1 CARBINE UPGRADE
This upgrade officially started in late 1944, but were only seen in the field in late 1945, in the very last months of the war. The version with the bayonet lug, and the replacement of the "L" peep sight with the adjustable windage rear sight was an undesignated upgrade to the model and was not given a separate model number. There is no photographic evidence of any soldiers carrying or using the M1 Carbine or M1A1 paratrooper Carbine between 1942 and early 1945, with a bayonet lug.
30 CALIBRE M1 CARBINE MOVIE
Despite its lack of "knockdown" power, it was popular, primarily due to its handiness and light weight and was seen in frontline usage in both the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II.Ĭontrary to what movie and TV viewers see, the M1 Carbine did not have a bayonet lug during World War II. The M1 Carbine was to take the place of pistols for vehicle drivers, members of crew served weapons (such as artillery, anti-aircraft etc), NCOs, and other secondary roles to the frontline infantryman. The M1 Carbine is a lightweight, intermediate cartridge firearm, developed and adopted in 1941, as a supplement to the then standard issue M1 Garand.
