M1 carbine
 

can someone tell me how many rounds do the M1 carbine holds? i know it carries a 10 round clip. but do they make bigger ones for it? i am not talking about the M2.

RE: M1 carbine
 

If I am not mistaken the M1 carbines were issued with 15 round MAGAZINES. I think that before the Klintoon era there were 30 round MAGAZINES available.

RE: M1 carbine
 

The M-1 carbine has 10, 20, and 30 round clips and many marines taped two 30 round clips together to make a fast conversion to a 60 round magazine.

Sadly it has little energy for hunting and is a fun gun for targets and plinking.....it worked better than a Colt 1911 .45 ACP for dispatching the enemy on the Pacific islands but this is the end of it' s history.....I don' t even think military ammo is widely available today....it' s time we bury this relic!!!.....yes...it' s a heck of a lot of fun to shoot!!!

RE: M1 carbine
 

The M1 Carbine does not use a CLIP. It uses a MAGAZINE. The M1 Garand used a clip. :D

I love these little buggers and I don' t think it' s time to bury it. Any weapon used by our military even the ones that were underpowered is a great piece to anyones collection. Surplus ammo can still be had and Winchester makes the nice target ammo also.

RE: M1 carbine
 

:D Cheers to the good old M1..;)..I had one of those sweet babies before they banned them in Canada and took many deer with it!!!! Was a great bush gun but when our A-hole government decided to restrict them [:@] I switched to the Ruger .44 carbine!!!!!!!!! Just my personal .02 cents worth...........Brampton Mike [8D]

RE: M1 carbine
 

My apologies to those of you that are military collectors....the M1 Carbine is definitely a collector item and belongs in the cabinet of the collector.

I had one years ago and loved shooting small game with it...it' s a blast. In most states it' s not legal for deer. But get a fox or coyote running inside a hundred yards and you' re in for a lot of fun as long as you know the country you' re hunting well. Sadly, the population growth in the last fifty years has made the " spray and pray" shooting more than hadardous....unless you live somewhere like wyoming.

I still contend that it has little practical use. Ruger' s mini14 and other semiautos have eclipsed the old carbine completely.

RE: M1 carbine
 

There' s an Israeli company that makes M1 carbine replicas commercially, I think IAI. They run about $450 which isn' t a bad deal considering that original M1 carbines start at that price for one that is beat up and mismatched.

Surplus ammo isn' t hard to find either, and is pretty cheap.

RE: M1 carbine
 

Quilly,

G.I. M1 and M2 carbine mags were 15 and 30 rounds. Of course there are aftermarket magazines of various capacities.