M1 Carbine Standard Products 25th Anniversary

Hickok 45 with an anniversary for you. Isn't this pretty? Yeah, some people wouldn't think so they think it's a piece of junk But it is definitely not a piece of junk. Is it it is a M1 carbine standard products Made a bunch of them for world war ii as did several companies right about nine or ten companies made Six million of these things and fairly quickly And this it had interchangeable parts go to the inland m1 carbine video We did more recently three four years ago. Maybe i'll link to it. How's that? I'll help you out a little bit in the description and maybe a pinned comment I go more into the history and brought some books out and went Way deeper even than I normally do I think on these sorts of things so i'll link to that one But this is an anniversary video. This was my first real m1 carbine that I bought In 97 which makes it 25 years, so I thought i'd bake a cake And we would celebrate 25 years of owning and shooting this m1 carbine Yeah, it's a long time to hang on to a firearm You know really in the great scheme of things because we all are bad about trading them off or getting tired of something And you know that goes talk about even have a video on that, right? but this one I bought in laverne, tennessee I was living here Of course and uh bought it at specialty arms Specialty arms too. I think it's always been named. Uh, john arnold's gun shop down there It used to be back in the day man. That was one of the very few large gun shops around But anyway, I went there and that was hanging on the wall. I remember right where it was hanging and uh Looked at it and walked out with it paid for it, of course But that was in 97 and uh, so I was I have always been pleased to have a real m1 carbine whatever real means, right? Uh, well as opposed to a reproduction That sort of thing newer one um And this one by the way as I talked about I think in a video with this earlier video I may have a link to that too uh, it has a I think a saginaw receiver Has an underwood barrel Has a winchester wood stock Okay. Yeah, i'm not sure about all the other specific parts, but that was the story with these firearms I read and when I was actually studying and researching for the inland video I read uh ran across uh guessing is it canfield I read in his book. I ran across how Uh, I think he stated or somebody that that the Saginaw Uh receivers were very common in the standard products fire In fact, I think he gave a serial number range I think I talked about in that video and I went to that and looked it up and said yeah This way this one was shipped. So the fact that it has a saginaw receiver an underwood barrel And and that and winchester wood It doesn't mean that some guys were cleaning them years later or it was refurb They just grabbed a bunch of parts since they're interchangeable and just said put them mismatched You know that sort of thing you'd get some of that And then people were storing them Maybe they'd break the stock or they put a new barrel rebarrel it or whatever it might be so you end up with different parts sometimes but Uh, this is likely the way this firearm was shipped. That's the thing Because you know everybody was making parts and that was a cool thing about that I won't rehash all that but when they were geared up to make all those in the early 40s like One company that was making them was better at making barrels and they'd get ahead on barrels And so they'd send barrels over to maybe standard products or the inland or or to uh, You know one of the other makers and then vice versa. So you had ibm and whoever And so it's very interesting to read about that. Can I shoot it? Okay All right. Uh, I want to appreciate uh, thank the people that help us got a loaded mag in it and uh, We will rack one of those in and fire it and help us out All right This is a cool old firearm I don't shoot it enough, maybe I shouldn't shoot it too much, you know now the uh The bayonet lug as I understand those were put on after world war ii and they brought them back To kind of refurb them if they needed and they installed those and uh And I I uh also have my own installation a little extension on that thing Give me a little more length. Did I put one in? Not yet. All right Let's shoot the gong celebrate 25 years Let's knock the safety off Cool little 35 caliber bullet about a red two liter or a red target over there That's a pretty hard I thought it were in the middle How about that? Nifty little gun. How about this pumpkin right here? Look at me in the face Boom We already did pumpkin carving let's do it again Oh, we had a malfunction. Can you believe that? Let's rake it back Let's get around in the chamber We had another one, you know, and that's uh what you run into these old gun the old magazines more than anything Yep, the old mags that was the weakest link in these firearms now with a modern firearm that I was uh Having around for a defensive firearm that would really bother me i'm gonna put that one over there Anyway, yeah, it's a little annoying when you get it with one, but that's okay It's done its duty If it wants to malfunction, okay Now we got another pumpkin and you know what it just so happens as we're filming this today is halloween it's october 31st All right. I don't know when you're seeing this Yeah, you really wouldn't want me to know when you're seeing this That'd be kind of creepy if I knew whenever you're watching our videos what day it was But anyway, it is halloween So I thought we'd do a scary pumpkin. How about uh, About two liter How about miss one how about this target over here since it's an anniversary 25 years Yeah, so romantic 25 year How about a gong again No, it was done. I knew I was about empty. I was empty not just about Yeah, it's so romantic when you have a 25th anniversary, isn't it? Oh, that is a cool looking firearm, I gotta keep that magazine separated but uh, Uh, you know for the most part as much as uh, you read about the magazines being a problem I'll usually have Maybe one here and there I'll have some issues with but most of them work. Okay, of course, I don't shoot them all the time or that often uh, the the larger capacity mags that I understand can be worse than the others, but But that was one of the weak points someone I think told me that or I read that you really the mags were not designed to be Like long-term mags. I think they throw them away and get another one. That's kind of where they designed them Um, not sure pretty nice if somebody made some better mags Let's you know what? Let's see how it shoots when it's in full dress one two So we're empty And uh little carvings are so neat the way they work. You see that little button hold it back I know I hate that ugly thing, but I need it. Oh, man. These are small. They really have a short length of pull So we know we're empty the bolt's back Let's put this bayonet on here Oops and do a little deer hunting we wanted to right you could do anything with this All right. She's clicked on Pretty cool. So 1943 on the barrel. It's underwood Okay, I guess we ought to put some ammo in it. We're gonna shoot it. That one's not full. I don't think All right See i'm just all giddy because it's an anniversary. I don't know what i'm doing Don't know what i'm doing. Do I ever know what i'm doing? Okay Now we're ready You could take this into the deer woods. You got your field dressing implement right there on it Pretty cool, huh? Now let's pop that Good little shooters, what's that bowling pin doing look at me in the face right here And that one and that one Oh, that's truly and this two liter click Maybe he deserves to live or maybe he doesn't All right, we got him We were empty That's why I charged. That's what that was the reason for the bayonet charge, right? So we got some juice there, but oh look He's getting hot. He's steaming a little bit. So we warmed up the bayonet Or maybe that was the barrel juice got on the barrel uh, so I should be uh Whipped, huh mistreating this fine old, uh military firearm Oh, yeah, I should have been stabbing a pumpkin not that two liter, but I couldn't resist, you know when you run out of ammo Got to do what you got to do I'll bet I have something like it. Yeah. Yeah wipe that baby down so these these things are neat and uh You know piece of history many of you watching this can appreciate the history for certain Uh, and there really is nothing ugly about it, uh, even though the stock is beat up Really beat up Uh, you don't look at it that way now if it was a brand new seiko hunting rifle you bought to go hunting Yeah, it'd be a different story, right? but with one of these uh, that essentially just adds to the mystique of it and the The attraction to some extent it was actually used Now this this thing didn't sit in a warehouse at least that stock didn't right And then when they I think it was post-world war two Is when you end up with the bayonet lugs? I forget now what I know about them, but I believe it was after world war two and then also the new rear sight Which was kind of a refurb and improvement just like the uh, pot three a three or whatever springfield We've got the sight moved back here. You can really get a better sight like an ar You know, you got a peep sight ghost ring sight always helps you and uh So this one actually is a better shooter than my inland in a way You got the sights and then of course you've got the all-important bayonet lug Because you never know when you're going to need that when you run out of ammo and there's a two liter left but uh, but this this one I guess, uh wins the competition uh between the It and the inland I have in terms of just I don't know use. Yeah. Wow That thing really really cool. I'll shoot it one more time. So I just I just wanted to bring you out while I was celebrating and uh You know some of you get mad if I don't bring you out when we're doing this kind of thing if it's just john And and I celebrating a 25 year anniversary on a firearm, you know, it's just not quite the same. We'd rather have yours i'm gonna try These are soft point and it's a What 25 ram mag whatever sometimes these especially will cause problems But we'll try it. Anyway, like I say, this is not my go-to defensive firearm so I won't lose any sleep over if we have malfunctions, but uh Still a little annoying, isn't it? All right. You know what i'm gonna mess up. Mr. Pumpkin face Yeah, I mean a turkey a good turkey hunting firearm for sure How about the burn barrel rounds I have left but i'm gonna shoot them There you go, no celebration is complete without Ample lid being slung at the gong, right? Yeah, and see the bayonet doesn't really seem to affect accuracy either So that's something you want to keep in mind if you uh plan to buy one of these Yeah, you know do some deer hunting I mean you can fire it you can uh have the bayonet right there and ready. It's just it's pretty cool so again underwood barrel winchester stock and uh saginaw Receiver But it's a standard products, uh firearm And that's that's just the story on these things. That's the story. That's the way they were They were they were made, you know, they shared pieces and put them together and and You know, it's just an incredible effort that uh, it's it's a really good reading really is If you're into firearms and military firearms, you probably already know a lot about it maybe more than I do But uh, it's it's worthy of some of your attention if you find that kind of thing interesting so anyway, uh, but i'm i'm just glad to Still be around and for it to still be around and for both of us to be around together 25 years later Pretty cool, huh? Glad you came out to help me celebrate life is good Oh, yeah, that's better this is a great gun for defense Oh, hey didn't see you guys there Uh while i've got you here. 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