


It is flawless condition and came with a reproduction paratrooper stock. For what its worth i spent about 1100 on my M1 carbine. Shoot it before you buy it and if it works that is fine. Everything ive heard is that the auto ordnance rifles are very hit or miss, and its worth it to spend a couple hundred more to buy a USGI rifle. They are lucky because the vast majority of Universals, which are the later ones which were redesigned (look of a double recoil spring) were far from trouble free. El Monte by the yearly editions of Gun Digest in the 1970s.

Cadmus and Sporting Arms Inc., are listed at 9643 Alpaca in So. In the 1970s he sold his business to Bob Brenner, owner of Federal Ordnance, and later worked on the M1 carbines manufactured by Federal Ordnance. A decade of moderating over on Gun Broker has taught me that every gun forum has a nest of Universal Carbine Defenders (The UCD) who'll tell you that their rifles are as good as any GI carbine, cost half the price, shoot just as well and that they have never experinced any problems with them. Sales manufactured 1911 frames, 1911s, and later, M14s. Had some feeding problems with it in a POS DPMS I had before I found this forum. Universal was later acquired by Iver Johnson and things got worse rather than better so far as quality was concerned. 30 Carbine, Ball, M1, lot WCC 6392 with WCC 4 headstamp indicating. Plainfield remained good quality rifles but were bought out by rival Universal, who promptly shout off Plainfield production. Later on Universal began to re engineer their carbines and this is when the trouble started. 30 caliber features an 18-inch barrel, parkerized finish, walnut stock, front blade sight, rear flip style sight, an overall length of 35.75 inches, an unloaded weight of 5.4 lbs, and a 15+1 round capacity. Plainfield's were always fine rifles as were the early Universals. The Auto-Ordnance M1 Carbine an authentic replica of a rifle that saw action in many theaters of combat overseas.
