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Post by wordweaver3 on Mar 10, 2016 1:33:28 GMT
I think I found out why it has so little use. It jams a lot. So what I'm guessing happened is the guy who bought it shot it once, declared it to be a piece of shit, threw it into a cabinet and forgot about it for 40 years.
The good news is I know why and I can fix it. There's a sharp edge on the magazine that digs into the brass on the right side lip. This prevents the shells from sliding out cleanly. A little work with a Dremel should do the trick.
Aside from that it shoots well. I got nice groups from a standing position. The recoil is somewhat more than I was expecting. On par with my .30-30.
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Post by Horsie on Mar 10, 2016 2:20:45 GMT
Goddamn, I'm jealous!
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Post by wordweaver3 on Mar 10, 2016 3:22:24 GMT
I hope so. I only bought it to make you jealous. It's pretty neat, and I've wanted an M1 Carbine forever. It's really light and nimble and would make a fantastic pig gun once I get the mag issue fixed. Plus there are 5, 10, 15, 30, and even 40 round mags available for it. Ammo can still be gotten pretty cheap. I gotta keep an eye out for one of those Army surplus buttstock mag pouches. That'll look really slick.
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Post by Horsie on Mar 10, 2016 4:05:49 GMT
That would look neat, I remember finding a motorcycle scabbard for one a couple of years ago, it was in rough shape though.
Yours doesn't have a bayonet lug, does it?
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Post by wordweaver3 on Mar 10, 2016 9:53:28 GMT
Nope, nowhere to put a bayonet.
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Post by Horsie on Mar 10, 2016 21:35:18 GMT
That's too bad, maybe you could see if an M1 bayonet lug can be put on it? The bayonet lug is a part of the barrel band and clamps down on the barrel, so as long as the barrel has the same diameter and you can fit an M1 barrel band you might be able to make it work. You'd also have to check if the distance from the lug to the muzzle is the same between the M1 and Universal.
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Post by demonnachos on Mar 10, 2016 22:27:32 GMT
I always liked the M1 carbine myself. What caliber ammunition does it normally fire? That was really neat. Though I wonder how effective a good oval shield would be in messing that spear up. The spear wouldn't have anything to hit but the shield and no room to move around, so he would be boned.
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Post by Canuovea on Mar 10, 2016 22:30:13 GMT
That's what I thought.
Though, admittedly, going through the door with a shield might be more difficult if it were too wide.
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Post by Horsie on Mar 10, 2016 22:33:21 GMT
.30 Carbine, a little straight walled cartridge. Here's one next to a 30-30.
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Post by demonnachos on Mar 10, 2016 22:50:36 GMT
When holding a shield you hold slanted instead of flat forward. Doing that makes the shield's edges equal to your body's so even a 3 ft diameter round shield can easily be taken through a doorway that you can fit in.
How does the .30 carbine compare to other rounds? Is it more like a 7.62x39mm in terms of performance or closer to 7.62x51mm?
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Post by Canuovea on Mar 10, 2016 22:53:48 GMT
That is how I hold it, yeah. But it might leave some space for a spear... unlikely though. Seems that for attacking confined spaces, the Roman setup would be good (though some of those Scutii are probably too big). Would probably be decent for defending, but if you have to hold a doorway, then your foe can strike at you without you being able to attack (you'd have to go out of the door).
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Post by Horsie on Mar 10, 2016 22:58:03 GMT
It's smaller than that 30-30 Winchester round, which is comparable to 7.62x39.
What I'm reading tells me that it's comparable to a light .357mag round, at least when both are fired from a rifle, but factory .30carbine ammunition doesn't seem to exceed 110gr, while most factory .357mag ammunition starts off heavier than that.
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Post by demonnachos on Mar 10, 2016 23:12:36 GMT
Unless you are shorter than your shield you should always be able to attack over it, otherwise shieldwalls wouldn't work.
So the .30 carbine is more like a big SMG round than an assault rifle bullet?
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Post by Horsie on Mar 10, 2016 23:24:37 GMT
Pretty much, it's not really a pistol round (although it looks like one), but I most often see it compared to pistol rounds.
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Post by Canuovea on Mar 10, 2016 23:25:30 GMT
I meant in terms of with a gladius.
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