-=> Moondog wrote to Gamgee <=-
> Mo> Fulton Armory and Inland Manufacturing build new production M1
> Mo> carbines
> Well, they might build *clones* of an M1... Not the same thing.
Mo> According to the blueprints it's an M1. If you want to get real
Mo> choosy on what an M1 is, there's a buttload of Iver Johson
Mo> "paratrooper" carbines made during the late 1950's people believe
Mo> are authentic. The anomaly in this market is the Karh Arms /Auto
Mo> Ordnance Thompsons. Auto Ordnance made so many spare parts
Mo> during WWII, new rifles are made of mostly "new old stock" parts
Mo> left over from WWII.
In this particular case, I am indeed "real choosy". To me such
things are not authentic M1s (or carbines). You said it yourself
right there - "mostly" new old stock parts. "Mostly" is not good
enough here (for me at least). :-)
... At the end of the day, it gets dark.
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