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30 cal. carbine
dgreen
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My uncle has a 30 cal. carbine from WWII. It is in good condition. Is it leagl and what might it be valued at approximatly? It is marked made by GM and is semi-or full auto when it is shot. All parts are the original gun and marked property US Goverment.
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Original unregistered M2 carbines are worth about 10 years.....
...PLUS a $250,000 fine
My uncle has a 30 cal. carbine from WWII. It is in good condition. Is it leagl and
To us, that means that your uncle has a Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms form, in his name, for that carbine. We need to know the number on the bottom of that form (maybe a 4 or 5?) and the information filled in on the form.
All I can tell you now is that "GM" never made full auto M1 carbines, so it's for sure that some of the information you gave us is not correct. You need to write down everything stamped on the gun & describe it for us, or better yet, take some photos.
Neal
The M-2 carbine was not "standardized" for the military until sept 1944 near the end of WWII. They were much more common in the Korean war.
If it has the selector switch as described by 11b then tell your uncle to get rid of it. M1 Carbines are one of the types of guns I collect. I have never seen one marked "property US government".
Neal
with the BATF, dismantle the gun and cut the receiver in half and throw away the rear half. All the rest of the parts are worth selling.
During the Korean War, most if not all M1 carbines with US forces in the far east were converted to M-2 carbines. So if the carbine in question is marked M-1 and there is a selector switch alongside the receiver on the left side, it is one of these conversions.
To make such a gun legal, the trigger housing, slide and disconnector lever would have to be replaced with an M-1 trigger housing.
Last I knew it is illegal to possess the M-2 parts if you also have an M-1 even though they are not installed.