I'll be identifying all the parts next weekend, as I'll be cleaning and generally checking it out. It comes with two Union Hardware mags (U stamped on the back of the mag). The top of the scabbard is metal, the rest is plastic. The bayonet it came with has the M8A1 scabbard, and it says Made in W Germany. Any chance this might be one of those, or is it just refinished? I've also read that some stocks were unmarked. The stock has no cartouches on it, or any other markings (I haven't checked for markings when I took the stock off to check on the barrel's date of manufacturing, so I'll have to look for those the next time I take the stock off), so I don't know if there're any markings on the inside. I don't know the TE and ME figures, but the bore looks pristine. It's an IBM made in 03/1944, with the Auto Ordnance barrel from the same month (and, I believe, a correct one, since Auto Ordnance made barrels for IBM), everything on it is in a great condition. I'm in IT, so, naturally, the M1 carbine I just had to have was IBM.
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