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Left side view or early Underwood M1 Carbine.
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Right side view or early Underwood M1 Carbine.
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1943 manufactured Avery M1 carbine magazine pouch.
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Rear view, Avery M1 carbine magazine pouch.
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closeup of ink-stamped manufacturer markings on the mag pouch.
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Closeup of the "Star Pull" snap on the magazine pouch. Note that fakes typically do not have Star Pull markings.
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Two WW2 era 15-round magazines. Top made by Smith-Corona and the bottom made by Underwood.
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Receiver manufacturer markings. Note the serial number places production in approximately February, 1943.
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Model markings in the front receiver ring.
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Note the flat-profile bolt and early operating slide.
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Note the early handguard with only 2 rivet holes. Later production handguards had 4 rivet holes.
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Note the early push-button safety in the trigger guard housing.
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Rare UEF/GHD early-issue cartouche appropriate for an early Underwood carbine.
UEF = Underwood Elliott Fisher.
GHD = Guy H. Drewry Brig. General, Army Inspector of Ordnance
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View of buttstock. Note how the oiler holds the M1 carbine sling in place.
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Buttplate.
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Note the "high-wall" stock. On later production, this thin and fragile part of the stock was removed up to where the handguard vent ends, exposing the height of the operating slide arm throughout its length.
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Note the early push-button safety. Later in production and during re-arsenalling, the push-button was replaced with a flip-type safety that could be operated in both directions without removing your hand from the wrist of the stock.
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Opposite side view.
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Stock grip area.
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P-proof mark in the base of the stock grip.
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Note the early stock band. Later types were wider with a hole to engage the catch-spring. Still later, bands were introduced to accept a bayonet. No early production carbines left he factory with bayonet lugs and very few carbine with bayonet lugs made it out to troops before the end of WW2.
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Front sling swivel.
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Top view of front stock band.
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Barrel dated to April 1943.
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