Williams lightened and improved the M-2 by incorporating his short-stroke piston into the design. 30-06 rifle, the M-2, as a competitor to the Garand. Williams had designed a short-stroke gas piston system while serving his prison sentence at a North Carolina facility. As depicted in the 1952 movie Carbine Williams starring James Stewart, Winchester hired David Marshall “Carbine” Williams after his release from prison. The Ordnance Bureau rejected the first carbines designs submitted. This led to a competition in 1941 by major U.S. If you have ever tried to sling a Garand (43.6 inches long and weighing 9.5 pounds) and then use both hands for another task, you understand. A small light gun was more convenient for specialists encumbered with heavy weapons, radios or other gear. The idea for the carbine sprang from complaints that the M-1 Garand rifle was too big and bulky for support troops. These fun guns remain popular and effective for civilians today. I encountered the M-1 carbine in service with the Bolivian UMOPAR counter-drug police in the 1990s. The carbine was supplied to allied forces and hung around long after Vietnam. You can now buy a newly manufactured Inland M-1 30 Carbine–we’ll get to that in a minute but before we do some background is appropriate…
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