First Sergeant Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 I was contacted by someone who located an Inland carbine that is marked M2 and was a "give away" gun based on the serial number. The carbine does not have a selector switch or FA parts as far as I know. I have always been under the impression that an M2 marked reciever is in fact an NFA weapon with or without the necessary parts. Is this true or am I way off base? Thanks in advance Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babyface Nelson Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Your EXACTLY right...once a mg...always a mg........nice find though...hope its registered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 QUOTE (Babyface Nelson @ Feb 26 2007, 03:02 PM) Your EXACTLY right...once a mg...always a mg........nice find though...hope its registered... I concur. Blue Sky imported a bunch of M1's some years ago and a couple of M2 overstamps showed up with the lot. Even without the M2 parts, if its marked it needs to be on the registry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Sergeant Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Thanks guys ! I'll confirm what I told the grandson of the recipient who was given the gun by Inland. Did I mention it was mint, unfired and not an overstamp? I too hope that it is in the registry. I'll give them a call when I get back to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babyface Nelson Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Oh man, Oh man...I do hope its registered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full auto 45 Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 email sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 email sent. I know of at least two carbines marked M2 which were sold through the CMP in the early 60s. These came with all M1 parts. This was prior to the ATF interpretation once a MG always an MG. If there are any CMP paperwork to be found this would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim c 351 Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 I was contacted by someone who located an Inland carbine that is marked M2 and was a "give away" gun based on the serial number. The carbine does not have a selector switch or FA parts as far as I know. I have always been under the impression that an M2 marked reciever is in fact an NFA weapon with or without the necessary parts. Is this true or am I way off base? Thanks in advance Chuck First Sergeant, You mentioned "give away" gun based on the serial number. You did't elaborate on this subject so I will read between the lines. Inland Div routinely made extra carbines that were never owned by the US Govt. These carbines were given away to high ranking indiviuals in industry and in Govt. These carbines were never full auto,---- always semi auto--- . In other words -- never a machine gun. Before Inland started producing the M2 , these carbines were all stamped M1. When the stamping dies were changed from M1 to M2 all of these carbines were stamped M2 , even tho they were never full auto. Inland couldn't be expected to predict the arbitrary rulings that the ATF would make years into the future. These carbines can be indentified by the unusual serial numbers. Some examples would be XD 34 , XF 76, XE 18 ect. So even tho these carbines were stamped M2 , they were never machine guns. Whether this fact would impress the ATF or not I have no idea. The ATF is not know for letting facts get in the way of rulings. Hope this helps. Jim C PS Next time give a partial serial no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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