The 30 US M1 Carbine ~ Successful, Fun, and Collectors' Favorite!
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- In this video, we'll examine two beautiful examples of the WWII issue 30 US M1 Carbine, and talk a bit about this popular rifle's battle success, construction, popularity, and effectiveness.
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Audie Murphy said the M1 carbine was his favorite weapon. I was lucky enough to purchase one of these almost 50 years ago. (Govt. surplus) 1943 Saginaw manufacture with bayonet lug in new condition. 100% original. I love this rifle. Thank you....
This is the most underrated gun channel on TH-cam, how you have less followers than Hickok I'll never know. God bless you gunblue490.
His and hickok make different content
. Stop trying to compare them and just hope we get a collaboration one day.
After watching Hickok for many years I’ve realized he doesn’t really know as much as he makes himself out to know. There’s nothing wrong with that though. Hickok does do his job well, review guns, give a little background and shoot em up.
I do like Hickok but I think many individuals would like this more. There's not enough gun channels on TH-cam with equal content. Most gun channels seem to be those that show unsafe gun practices such as exploding guns for fun and etc. Like demolition and etc. I'm just not a fan of channels that treat guns as mere toys, they are tools. Hickok has never done so, he has only treated them as tools, I was just using him for comparison of a popular channel. Tools that should be appreciated by the educated. My spelling is a little off due to using a phone. I'm a fan of Hickok, and I appreciate what he does, it's just that I'm a fan of Gunblue490 way more.
Speaking as a viewer outside of the US I find Hickoks presentation far less pleasant to watch & nowhere near as informative as that of our host on this channel. Gunblue490 is the neighbour we wish we had.
@@DWhite-el4ih Hickok seems to be a bit more "Hollywood” , Gunblue is a bit more real and technical, in my eyes anyway. I find Gunblue much more enjoyable.
I remember reading a story about the M1 Carbine. During the Battle of the Bulge, German troops pushed through American lines and captured large amounts of American weaponry. The German troops who had hitherto been armed with their standard Kar98k bolt action rifles this had their pick of arming themselves with captured American weapons, including 1911 pistols, Garand rifles and Thompson SMGs. The #1 most popular weapon the Germans looted from captured American stores? The M1 Carbine. If battle-hardened veterans choose that weapon over the wide variety of other weapons, that really tells you something.
That is quite true.... There are videos showing German troops with M1 carbines.
Didn’t do them any good. 😂
They had to be turned to bolt actionThey didn't have time for the Grand Thank goodness
@@scotttyson7970 Well, the Germans were the first to field what would later be called the "assault rifle" - in the form of the MP43/StG44. It was a weapons concept that bridged the gap between a full power rifle like the Garand or K98k, and submachine guns like the Thompson and MP40.
If the Germans had developed this concept sooner, and fielded the Sturmgewehr a couple of years earlier and in sufficient numbers, the efficacy of the German infantry would've been that much greater.
I've seen footage of German soldiers carrying M1 carbines.
Shot a WWII bring back the other day that a buddy has. Smooth, awesome shooter. It was an honor to shoot an amazing piece of history.
What a joy to watch, as always. I both learned something and became utterly relaxed at the same time...this fine gentleman is a joy to listen to. Thank you, Sir. God Bless you and your Family.
Wish I could've had him in college. He is awesome.
I bought a National Postal Meter M1 Carbine for $580 from a family friend when I was about 15. It was manufactured in early 1944. It is by far one of my favorite guns to pack around the mountains and woods. Very light, easy to shoot, maneuverable, and reliable.
Know what you mean. It's probably the closest thing to a general purpose rifle. Seems to me you can't go wrong with it.
I'll give you 590.00 right now!!! ;
My buddy, Eddie was at the Chosin when he got his beloved M1Garand shot to shit from under him. He skeedaddled back to the rear to the armoror who issued him a Winchester carbine. He never let it go and brought it home with him and we still hit the back 40 with it and it shoots just as straight as it did as all those brutal battles he pushed thru with the 3rd I.D He's 96 now and still marching with our VFW rifle squad up here in Hastings Minnesota. And he swears by his carbine and never went back to an old Garand. Said he never would. Hats off to ya Eddy you old Chosin Few.
My neighbor's dad visits often. He was a Korea veteran. I asked him once about shotgun usage and he said he killed two Chinese soldiers with one blast from a pump he was using. It's hard to imagine the ferocity of that war.
Funny you mention.....My dad used a Rocola made rifle while serving in WW2 while my mother was making them in Illinois during the war. They hadn't met yet!
Anyway, despite all the badmouthing, I always loved the M1 carbine.
We had them in our small arms locker on the ship I was on while in the Navy late 60’s,,,,very nice firearms.
I inherited my 30 cal M1, I believe it’s circa 1962 from Plainfield Mfg. It sat in a closet, untouched for probably 45 years, I cleaned it up and it now runs like a jet. It rings an eight inch plate at 100yds with no effort. I’m continually on the lookout for a WWII model, for collecting purposes. I love the gun and wouldn’t hesitate to use it for self defense.🇺🇸
1973 National Ordnance, gifted to me by a coworker.
I bought an M1 Carbine with 11 magazines and 150 rounds of ammo for $800.
Shoots great.
I should give you a thumbs down for that!! Kidding. Good for you.
get me one too :-)
Where the connect @?
@@karimmoop9560 a local gun shop that sells used guns.
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I have a 43 Underwood that I absolutely love. Will never get rid of it. My dad made and survived ( obviously)all 4 deployments made by the 82nd Airborne in WWII and preferred the carbine to all other weapons available to him. He was a front line infantryman(squad leader) and liked the fact he could carry a good amount of ammo and still carry an extra canteen or two. He said they were always thirsty. Said it worked well enough putting enemy soldiers down.
I’m sorry for bringing up the aspect that I am a meat cutter. It’s just that I’ve learned so much in this business from veterans about so many things as it comes down to guns war or every day life and I give a thanks to all of our veterans for more than just war that they’ve given to all of us. Thank you.
The best part of this video was seeing your grandkids pop in for a minute. Wholesome.
Where else could you learn that black Walnut weighs 38 pounds per cubic foot???
Maybe a lumber yard
Haha weight your wood
I LOVE this gentleman’s channel. You really LEARN something from his presentations. His decades of experience shines through in his videos! THANK YOU!!!
Thanks so much for the great tour of a carbine my father liked so much. He was an Army Air Corp mechanic in WWII and it was his issued carbine in Palm Springs and later in Alaska (Japanese were attacking the Aleutian Islands) and he said some of the new recruits who had never hunted would brag about taking their new M1 carbines out on the ice to shoot polar bears (apparently bear skin rugs were all the rage back then!) and the more experienced "sourdoughs" would just laugh and tell them they would only anger the bear and likely not survive the encounter!
I remember these being bad mouthed so bad in the 60s and 70s at the same time they were incredibly popular. Maybe they weren't a "deer" rifle. But they have killed a bunch of them here and there. I once watched a skinny 14 year old boy ringing steel consistently at 200 yards with one. So easy to use. With soft point or hollow point ammo, that cartridge has enough sauce to be darned useful. Good video subject.
Imagine if the Minute Men, who used muskets could have used the .30 carbine. They would be amazed at the advent of smokeless powder, being able to put in a 15 round clip and fire that clip as fast as they could pull the trigger. They would be amazed at the small size of the carbine. Anyway, thanks for another informative video, I thought I knew a lot about my carbine, but you provided useful information I did not know. So, thankyou.
That would have been awesome!
*magazine
I LOVE mine,very fun,the only draw back is ammo prices...
Hey brother! I discovered a factory defect all the way back to 1942 on the M1 carbine, just below the feed ramp is a 1/4 round Lug that causes miss feeds and jams, It allows the mag to drop 1/8 inch causing the bullet to jam on the bottom of that feed ramp! Please investigate this for all the vets on your next video Clayton Lockhart
I thoroughly enjoy these chats. The little girls interrupting was an added plus!
Their visit was an added plus for me, too!
Gunblue. Nice vid. I was first introduced to this firearm when I was a kid. I worked for a ranch next to ours and they owner of that ranch was a WWII marine who packed one around the pacific. Naturally this was also what was behind the seat of his truck, etc. Later, I met a guy who collected them and has 11 I believe with at least one from each of the 10 different sources/configurations. He showed me his gun collection and I was quite impressed but his collection of M1 was quite special. He would occasionally display them at Washington Arms Collector events. Was always nice to see him educating people.
I bought an .30, M1 Carbine replica at a pawn shop in the 1970's for $85.00. It was slightly different than the regualr military brand as the top wooden stock over the barrel was made of a vented metal cover that supposidly help cool the barrel when firing. I really liked this rife and would target practice with it, but mostly bought for a defense rifle. A co-worker at the time who served in the Navy liked my rifle so much that he would not leave me alone wanting to buy it. I eventaully gave into to him because I sold it for more than I bought it. To this day, I regret that I ever sold this rifle and have never found one like that ever again.
I truly enjoy your videos, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience, it is truly refreshing to learn practical techniques. My favorite channel! Listen and learn from this wise and practical gentleman. I look forward to learning much more from him and God bless him for sharing his experience…
I think I’ve probably seen every video on TH-cam regarding the M1 Carbine. But never tire of hearing the story over and over. It’s unfortunate that I own a Universal commercial version manufactured while GI surplus parts were still available and used. Not collectible by any means, but still fun to own and shoot.
My grandpa served in World War 2 as a Battery Clerk. I've read his 64 page diary. He left Pearl Harbor Nov. 30th 1941 on USAT Holbrook. As we know Pear Harbor was attacked 7 days later, Dec. 7th 1941. Grandpa arrived in Australia Dec. 22nd 1941. 1st rifle he was issued was a Springfield 1903 on Jan. 29 1942. But once he moved into the jungles of New Guinea Sept. 9th 1943 he traded in his Springfield 1903 for an M1 Carbine covered in cosmoline. Next day will the help of another guy they took it all apart and de-cosmoline his Carbine. The longer the soldiers were the in muddy, rainy swamps of New Guinea the more they wanted a Carbine. Diary note March 22nd 1945 Battery turned in some M1 rifles will also turn in 03 rifles if we can get more M1 Carbines.
Forty-nine minutes of fascinating. Thank you again, Gunblue.
It’s sad to think every year there is less and less people like him
The fact that IBM manufactured firearms during WW2 brings to the fore the incredible ability of American industry to adapt to wartime necessities. Informative breakdown.
Of all the carbine manufacturers, only Winchester had previous firearms manufacturing experience.
It is my favorite shoulder arm of all time because it is so darn handy. The closest things to it in terms of handiness are the Model 92 lever action and the CAR-15.
I do enjoy you wonderful uploads. Bless you for the knowledge you share. Greetings from 🇬🇧
Great video 490 and very well explained.I would like to have one some day.Thanks and God Bless You to and Benny.
Thank you so much for your wonderful review of the M1 carbine. I have my father’s 1944 Inland Carbine he carried in WWII as an artillery Battalion commander. As a boy, I actually took two pronghorn antelope with it in west Texas. It is still fun to shoot! I use it as my primary home defense long gun. By the way, my neighbor has a model 336 Marlin in .35 Remington. I sent him you fine video on that gun and he enjoyed it immensely. Please give Benny a Pat for me. It is good to see him still going strong!
Very nice video . After I'd been back a while , and feeling naked . I bought a Plainfield M1 from KMart in 71 . I was a medic who knew guys who selected to carry a M-1 M-2 in country. As well as seeing lots of Ruff Puffs and SVN with them. I had no idea about a commercial compared to a GI model :D My X MP WW ll step father explained what I'd bought . Still have it these 52 yes later ,, where the hell did time go . Stay well GB490 , not many of us left ....
My dad was in WW2 in a heavy weapons squad (machine gunner), he carried an M1 carbine because it was lighter in weight allowing him to carry parts and ammo for the machine gun.
Glad to see you again with a new video! I've been missing you. Those look like really nice guns and I think they would be fun to shoot!
God bless you and everybody listening! Also, the soldiers that fought🇺🇸✝🇺🇸
I love you man lol I’ve almost listened to everything you’ve made and I appreciate your knowledge and your care for are gun culture I’m grateful you’re alive and have had your experiences and able to share them with us thank you sir for your service then and now. God bless you and your family.
I too have an IBM M1 Carbine I was lucky to buy about 25 years ago. It is excellent original parts and apparently never depot overhauled.
The only obvious damage is the sights have been modified for civilian use. Fun gun... Thanks!
I recently built two of these on IBM receivers using all GI surplus parts. What a joy to shoot!
Love to get a new video from you. You remind me so much of my dad. He can tell you about any gun all day long. I’ve learned a lot from both of you. Nice carbines too! Cheers.
My dad had one as a bandsman in the Army Air Force in WW2. He loved it! Someday I will own one.
My dad was a mortarman with the 29th Div. in WW2. Was issued an M1 Carbine & he loved it. He said he could knock someone down at up to 200 yards, no problem. He did say that sometimes on very cold nights he would have to keep moving the bolt handle to prevent freezing. To prevent that someone came up with the idea of mixing motor oil with gasoline & coating the action. Worked like a charm he said. Great video.
Could you overview the 25-20 Winchester, it's an amazing cartridge that got swept under the rug. Altho it was a good cartridges in terms of performance for sub 100 yd shots (practical barn gun) it was written with admiration by Stebbins and Ness, in their own books respectively. I would like to see a video of you describing the 25-20 win, as many people of my generation (gen Z) lack the knowledge of it. A 25 caliber bullet with it's increase of 7.5% cross sectional area over a 22 and near 400 fpe with an 86 gr round nose hollow poind leads to an almost perfect "close" range farm rifle, as it's trajectory is satisfactory in terms of practicality to the extent of it's point blank range. Anywho, if anyone of you who read the comments and feel the same of wanting to see a video on the 25-20 win just hit the like button on my post. It's kinda like a petition. Thanks, and God bless you gunblue490 for spreading the holy message, I love seeing that on TH-cam, more of my generation could use it.
😀 I Too Would like To See The 25-20 Winchester Covered
What’s with all the generational talk? If you’re going to use the term “respectively” when referring to a list of two, one typically compares said list to another. Then again, maybe it’s a “generation z” thing 😉
I wanted to say I absolutely want to thank you for a lot of information you’ve been sharing over the years I know this videos two years old and I’m replying. I bought an M1 carbine back in the early 90s General Motors Corp. with the serial number that was in the European theater, it is like brand spanking new I think I shot 15 rounds through that gun and stuck it in my safe, but it is such a beautiful and light carbine.I absolutely love it and I’ve seen other TH-camrs talk about 30 caliber carbine. There’s something special about that bullet. It definitely puts energy on target hit. It’s not just a pistol round this gun at today’s standards will stand up against a lot of new, modern military rifles.
Never got to shoot or even hold one. My father was in service during WWII & Korea. I have his Field Manuals FM23-5 U S Rifle Caliber .30 M1 and FM23-7 U S Carbine caliber .30 M1 and M1A1. Dated 30 July 1943 and 23 April 1944. Interesting they were called Caliber .30 instead of .30 Caliber.
I pray to God you move to a state where you can go to a gun show and actually purchase a decent firearm like an M1 carbine. Yeah I would assume that you live in some leftist nightmare of a state, your father fought for your freedom, move to where your freedom can be enjoyed if so. Leftist trash are destroying every City and Landscape available, I pray you're not experiencing this.... but if you are.... move or suffer!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge on such a famous and well distributed firearm. Also glad to see you’re doing well, you look great and we are happy to have you with us.
Well that there is a sign. Now I must get one. This rifle has interested me in the last few months and I've been weighing getting one then you come out with a video on the thing I think that settles it time to find one.
I just have to say ,great name you have there lol
I would so love to just site and have a coffee with you and listen to your stories. Such a knowledgable and great guy. Thank you for your videos.
Watch all this mans videos and award yourself a Masters Degree in Firearms.
IBM was based in my hometown of Endicott, NY! I heard of them producing 1911’s, but had no idea about the M1 Carbines.
Love this channel, great information presented in a no nonsense way... THANK YOU :) !!!
Awesome video as always GunBlue! Glad to see Benny is doing great as well! God Bless you and your family!
Another great visit with a very knowledgeable gentleman . And I actually stopped in to post office square antiques after hearing you mention it . It’s 10 min. From my house . I told him I was there because of your video on the Winchester .22
He mentioned that you were there.
One of my favorite shooters. Very interesting. Great job!
Did some quick googling...apparently deer are something like 200+ lbs on average and the average human weight varies by continent between 130 lbs and 180 lbs.
What is interesting is that the thing is more powerful than what's needed for varmint but a bit under powered for most deer hunting...it seems like the constraints placed on the rifle have resulted in something that is exactly what's needed for the task at hand. I find these types of tools really interesting because they're always just enough for the task at hand and the result is a decent amount of talk that the thing should be more.
A good portion of workers want some excess so they can do their jobs easily in a more relaxed way, but the M1 Carbine seems to have treated that as a bar that should be only just met before focusing on other metrics, like ease of use for new workers and the logistical side of things with high numbers and a minimum of materials used.
That's also why I find 5.56 and 5.7x28 to be such interesting concepts because in both cases they seemed determined to do more with less...it's almost a pity that the two rounds are invalidated by the logistical strength of the US military and the commercial strength of the US private gun market to the point that bigger is more obviously better. Carbines that shoot rounds that are just enough for the task at hand are no longer essential when the troops carrying said weapons are no longer dropping in by parachute.
I wish every show on the history channel was exactly like this.
Thank you for your video. I learn a lot from you. I watch as much of your educational information as I can. Rev
Hey, keep bringing us videos! Enjoy the content!
A great presentation!
Simply the best information out there. I learn more tips and lifelong machinist and gunsmith tips every time I watch his videos Thanks
Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge with us 👊 ... that was another awesome video Sir 😉👍🇺🇸
I must say again I’ve been a meat cutter my whole life and I met and worked with journey, man, cutter that was Air Force veteran that served in Vietnam. This was the rifle he was issued. He said he trained with it very briefly in Turkey before being deployed to Vietnam but that weapon served him well. I would say with my M1 carbine the way it shot. I just love everything about it, it hits hard on target. I don’t believe those stories about North Korea. The design of the M1 carbine was a very good design for what was needed and even today a light gun to go into a trench or to go into a building that is the fighting weapon every soldiers looking for
Love the kids! Family is such a blessing!
Great video of my favorite firearm. Seeing your extended family was great too!
Nice video. Enjoy your calm manner.
Excellent video. Very interesting
Wonderful Video of the famous M-1 Carbine,, Great job sir!
I enjoy so much your videos. Thank you for your expertise in firearms!
Another great video from one of my favorite youtubers
truly a great role model for us young men, thank you sir
Another great video! Love to find one of those carbines in the condition of yours.
The INP (Israel National Police) uses these (with modifications such as a folding stock) for certain applications, such as road blocks, (at least they did when i was on the force).
That's no feat to brag on, given that country's predilection for shooting women and children who are innocent of any wrongdoing.
Watching waay too much CNN there, Sean!
@@amramhakohen7474 Afraid not there, Mr Made-Up Twitter Handle. Afraid I know far more about international affairs than you imagine, and probably more than you ever will yourself.
And it's very nice to see you defending a nation of child-killers. Such brave soldiers & police they are, killing innocent children in a severe mismatch of power & authority. "Oh the dirt clods may injure my well-armored self! I must shoot that child and his pregnant mother!"
It's your nation that taught US police forces the "knee to the neck" move that Chauvin used on Floyd. I wonder how many Americans know that.
I'll now return to my admiration for our host, whose firearms knowledge and expertise are a gift to all of TH-cam.
@@seanoneil277 can you name one country that has not?
Great video.
I owned one Carbine, a knock-off, and I really loved it. Since it wasn't a GI model, I didn't shed any tears when I sold it years ago. But I do miss it. I've fired a few beat up GI Carbines and they performed beautifully. I wish they were still coming back from Korea at $300 each, like they were back in the 90s!
Peace.
Thank you GunBlue , Please do more videos on the M1 Carbine .
Another excellent informative video by a real expert and fantastic person.
Stay safe.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN!
There are quite a few still floating around in the Philippines. I fired one in Batangas in 2004. My brother deer hunted with one in Missouri. The sound of it firing is very distinctive.
Keep up the fantastic videos and sharing your knowledge with us. I absolutely love all of you videos sir. God bless you and your family, I pray you live many many more blessed years.
Well spoken and very informative video!
Gun blue your channel is the best, love learning from you.
Loved the video, gotta get me one these!
Great review!!!🙌🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great video as always! There's something special about the wood hand guard/heat shield rifles, beautiful guns, thanks for sharing.
I bet Benny had a blast with those two beautiful girls!
I love your stuff, Mr Blue; you are great to listen to in the car! I have an Inland, barrel date 7-42. Several years before this, I bought my Remington 1903, barrel date 7-42. I could NOT have planned this, I promise!
Watched every minute, Thanks!
Absolutley love this great man.
I love the M1 carbine. Both in this video are very nice examples, particularly the wood.
Great video! I love my Auto Ordinance M1 Carbine. Sling it over my shoulder and take it hiking in the woods with my dog frequently. Light and not bulky. And, of course, fun to shoot. Easy to rapid and even bump fire from the shoulder with your finger. More powerful than a submachine gun and lighter than an AR15.
My 93 year old uncle used one in the Korean war and had a lot of fond memories of it. I recently did a video of it in the snow (rare in north Louisiana) and when he viewed it, it brought back a lot of memories for him when he served in Korea in the early 50s.
Excellent video as usual! Very informative.
If I’m not mistaken, when treating the M1 Garand stocks they switched from using boiled linseed oil to tung oil because it was found that tung oil would not soften and seep out of the hand guards when the barrel became hot after rapid fire, as linseed oil was apparently prone to do.
Nice to see you still making great videos. Would love to see you take out something to the range and record! God bless
And God Bless to you and yours Sir. Great, informative, knowledgeable Video Sir. Thank you
Good explanation for the use of walnut.
The Best on TH-cam. Thank you Sir !
Captain, thank you for showcasing another fine part of your collection. Listening to the history, talking about what it represents, and viewing the partial takedown, all of this alone was very fun to listen and watch. I've never shot one. but I take your word for it, that it is a fun gun to shoot! I never knew that IBM took on a gun contract and that information alone is a very intriguing subject for conversation. And it was nice to meet your God daughters!
Thanks for breaking down the M 1 carbine. It is interesting to see how it compares with my mini 30 especially the bolt and gas system.
Yes sir Iv owned several M1 Carbine great little rifle
The kind of guy you want to be neighbors with. Thanks for the great videos!
Curious if u have done a video on corrosive ammunition? And the effects. Love your fascinating history lessons involved with each video!👍
My Dad signed up with the NJ National Guard (50th Armored Division, Jersey Blues) in the mid 60s, and took basic training with the M1 Garand. Even after basic, in the artillery, his standard weapon was the Garand. When he completed OCS, and got his commission, he was issued the M1 Carbine. At 5'6" tall, the Carbine was far more handy for him to carry and shoot! Also, since artillery units aren't often in a shooting situation, they all HATED dragging the Garand around day-to-day. I have a great deal of respect for the M1 Carbine, and ignore the people who claim the bullets won't penetrate winter clothing, etc.
On my bucket list