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It was bought by the Olin corporation and rebounded, producing both the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine during WW2. Winchester originally grew out of a venture between Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson (yes, that Smith & Wesson), owned mostly by clothes maker Oliver Winchester, and went bankrupt in 1931. ***General Carbine history can be found here:**** Want to learn more about the Winchester Repeating Arms company? Here is a good resource.

#Winchester m1 carbine serial number lookup free

Please feel free to PM me or post for any errors or any further information. Underwood shipped approximately 12,800 receivers to Winchester in 1943.Įxample: You have a Winchester carbine that is "All matching" except slide and the slide is Marked Inland, its a good chance it left the Winchester factory that way. Underwood shipped approximately 10,000 extractors to Winchester in 1943. Inland shipped approximately 1,000 slides to Winchester in 1943. (most parts were shipped together in groups, magazine catches with sears, etc) Here is some known shipments to Winchester, how ever there could be more shipments that occurred that are unknown but this is a good reference. So don't get super disappointed if your Carbine is not all matching, its possible its exactly how it was when it left the factory!!! An example say Underwood was low on sears, Inland would ship some Sears to them. Just because its all matching doesn't necessary mean that is how it left the factory. There is a difference between an all matching carbine and how it left the factory, a lot of M1 Carbine contractors shipped parts to other Contractors.

All matching vs how it left the factory:

#Winchester m1 carbine serial number lookup cracked

Labor shortages, deep drilling problems, cracked receiver rails and other production issues all contributed to a less than smooth start. Winchester held the patent on the M1 Carbine, they got off to a slow start in production. Primary Stock & Hand guard supplier: Winchesterīolts, receivers, barrels, slides, Magazine releases, extractors, stocks, Hand guards, hammers, trigger housings, gas pistons, gas nuts, firing pins, recoil plates, sears and spring tubes. Serial number, 01701 - 07545 | September, 1944 - Early 1945 (T3 Production, sniper Carbine) M2 / T3 Specific forum can be found here Serial number 6 - 10, Tool Room Prototypes. Serial number blocks assigned by the government:

M1A1 Carbines, None (Only Inland made M1A1 Carbines) More info on M1A1 here 134% (Only Inland and Winchester Manufactured these) (Only Inland and Winchester Manufactured these) M2 Carbines: 17,500 | 2.11% (Only Inland and Winchester Manufactured these) Approximately 828,059 total Carbines were made by Winchester: About 13.5% of M1 Carbines made. Average cost to government for completed rifle: $37.75 Main Plant location: Haven, Connecticut. Main Manufacture & Identification codes: "W" "WRA"