Thursday, October 2, 2008

Now I'm Embarrassed.

  I took the Standard Products M1 Carbine out of the correct, historical (and like new) stock that it is in and put it into a Boyd's stock that I bought at Camp Perry and refinished.  It's really tight in there, including tight where the barrel leaves the stock.  Not so with the original, in fact, it flops around.  
  I bet it shoots better this way, huh?
  Anyone ever heard of a trigger job for an M1 Carbine?  Dang thing must be 14 lbs the way it is.  Gotta be a way to improve it.
  I keep reading about these carbines that shoot a 3 inch group at 100 yards.  Like to borrow one for a match.  Of course, this is the only Carbine match I shoot all year.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have Browning A-Bolt in .243 Win. that will shoot zero-inch groups at 100 yds. I've put 3 bullets into the same hole consistently with this rifle. And I bought it used and paid half what it cost brand new! Talk about a bargain. That wouldn't be the same, would it?

On the other hand, I have a CZ 7.62x39 bolt action carbine that I got to group 1" at 100 yds. You can borrow that if you can get your butt up here to New York.

Word verification: ywfuqit

Robert Langham said...

I'm always tempted by those CZs. Very rare to get an M1 Carbine to shoot that well thoughI hear rumours every now and then.

Anonymous said...

I am no Marksman by any means, but I enjoy shooting my M1 Carbine. My IBM Rack Grade unmodified CMP rifle will keep everything within the 8 ring at 100 yards. Does that mean a 3 inch group or 6 inch group, or something different.

NotClauswitz said...

From what I've read about M1 Carbines there should be about 5-to-8 lbs up-spring at the barrel band channel, after it fits into the recoil lug.
My trigger feels like it's pushing twelve pounds of crunchy Grape Nuts! It has about four gritty take-up spots along the path to final release.
I was going to try an old M1 Garand trick that I read at the CSP forum archives, and polish the sides of the moving parts that rub against the trigger housing. You only need to remove or smooth-down the rough parkerizing finish that drags.
I don't have any stones to do the trigger/sear engagement surfaces.

My Postal Meter Carbine has a Quality Hardware housing with a Standard Products trigger - and new Wolff spring that's a bitch to install (heavy) - but you don't need the "Special Carbine Trigger Spring Tool" - any correctly sized allen wrench will do just fine!

There was an old fellow who was quite The Carbine Tuner out in TN or KY, but I forget his name.

Anonymous said...

We have a gentleman who shoots our tatical rifle match with an old M1 carbine. He let a youngster shoot a stage with it.

I told Ben the rifle was older than his father and his Grandpa might have shot one when he was in the army.

The kid's eye just glowed with pride.

Gerry