M1 Carbine, but the internal design and parts were a hybrid replica of the M1 Carbine. The Universal Carbine retained the overall outward appearance and ammunition of the U.S. Army Ordnance in the 1940's and early 1950's. What makes a carbine an M1 Carbine is the use of the design and parts of the original U.S. The design change was significant enough that the carbine it produced was no longer an "M1 Carbine". The design had been patented by Universal and the majority of parts were no longer compatible with
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In 1967 beginning with serial number 100,000 Universal Firearms implemented a major design change to the carbines they produced. Were eventually compatible with the Universal Firearms carbines only and not interchangeable with their surplus GI counterparts. Unlike other commercial carbine manufacturers, some of the commercially manufactured parts used by Universal Firearms As with every other commercial carbine manufacturer,Īs surplus GI carbine parts became scarce, Universal Firearms began using commercially manufactured substitutes. In the beginning the first Universal Firearms carbines were 100% compatible with surplus GI carbine parts, their carbines included many of these parts. This was 10 years longer and more than three times the quantity manufactured by any other commercialĬarbine manufacturer. More than 426,000 carbines were manufactured by Universal Firearms over a 25 year period from 1961 through 1986. (This website is not affiliated with any company, it is an attempt to reconstruct their history) Post WWII Commercially Manufactured M1 Carbines (U.S.A.)
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