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JCS918
08-05-2012, 20:00
Just picked up a nice Postal Meter M1 carbine.
Guy said he bought it from the DCM NRA program in 64'

Any good websites to understand some of the markings. to establish a value?
Scanker19
08-05-2012, 20:27
http://forums.thecmp.org
spleify
08-05-2012, 20:35
We need pics man....pics!!
ray1970
08-05-2012, 20:37
We need pics man....pics!!

This. [Awesom]
JCS918
08-05-2012, 20:55
OK Ill snap a few and post them tonight
What I do know is it is a DCM Postal Meter SN is 1943.
Underwood 12-42' barrel with ord bomb
Stock is clearly a re arsenal SA/SHN with cross cannons

Ill get some more detail in pics.
spleify
08-05-2012, 20:57
Sounds like a nice rig, cant wait to see it! [Awesom]
jerrymrc
08-05-2012, 21:20
Sounds like you don't want to shoot it just sell it. But then I may be wrong. ;)
JCS918
08-05-2012, 21:46
Pics!!
Id like to shoot and keep it. But I would love some input on the value of such a rifle. Just curious.
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac136/jkslvr/photo1-1.jpg
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac136/jkslvr/photo2.jpg
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac136/jkslvr/photo15.jpg
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac136/jkslvr/photo13-1.jpg
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac136/jkslvr/photo12.jpg
spleify
08-05-2012, 22:28
Looks nice.

The best info will be found following Scanker19's link, great info there.
rondog
08-05-2012, 22:41
Very cool! You shoot it a few times, that'll get rid of that silly notion of selling it. M1 Carbines are bitchin'!

Can you post up some sharper photos, right-side up? Especially of the barrel band, barrel markings and that cartouche on the left side. I can't say that I've ever seen an M1 carbine stamped like that, but that don't mean nothin'. Garands were stamped like that, and Springfield Armory made Garands (hench the "SA"), but I don't think they made Carbines. So that cartouche "may" be a fake....you can buy repros of the stamps they used on eBay.
JCS918
08-05-2012, 23:39
Sure. Barrel band and rear sight are stamped "sa".
Maybe springfield made the re arsenaled stocks and parts for the NRA DCM programs.
zteknik
08-06-2012, 01:57
That is one sweet piece!!!
Nice and crisp!!
Troublco
08-09-2012, 15:17
Nice! That's one of the next things on my list, a nice M1 carbine. I have almost everything else back to 1898 (wish I'd kept my excellent condition 1903A4) but no carbine.
spleify
08-09-2012, 19:46
Nice! That's one of the next things on my list, a nice M1 carbine. I have almost everything else back to 1898 (wish I'd kept my excellent condition 1903A4) but no carbine.

Well I think he has this one for sale already he must have gotten a sweet deal on it for it to be up for sale already