I'm quite young so this weapon immediately reminds me of Medal of Honor. �Is it for real that you can't remove the magazine unless you deplete all rounds?
Post a video shooting it!

snipfer,

That is not true. You remove the M1 Carbine mag by pressing the magazine release button on the side.

You may be thinking of the M1 Garand that has a fixed magazine that requires and 8-round clip. Removing the metal clip would be very difficult with rounds in it, but you can easily cycle the action enough times until all the rounds drop out.

If I had a video camera, I would

I guess that I don't get to see many real weapons here and all carabines look the same. Thanks for the facts!

Mags $11.99:

http://www.tacticalinc.com/carbine-round-magazine-manufacture-p-637.html

Nostalgia drives the purchase of a lot of things, so why not carbines?

Let me answer my own question. It's just because better designs are available. The M1 carbine round is neither a battle rifle round, or a pistol round, it's in between, and pretty much occupies that niche all by itself. Ammo will NOT be commonly available on the urban battlefield. It has a useful range of 100-200 meters only.

A pistol caliber carbine in .40 S&W will reach out to 100 yards at least, will have magazine commonality with a pistol which you may also carry, but if you want to skip the carbine altogether and just get a battle rifle, there's nothing wrong with that idea, either.

Yep, very nostalgic, those M-1 carbines. I owned one when they were reasonable in price, but not now. For that money, I can get a Ruger Mini, either in 5.56 NATO or 7.62X39, or I can buy TWO Kel-Tec Sub 2000 carbines, or one Ruger PX-4 and a whole bunch of ammo, COMMON AMMO.

Collect these historic weapons if you must, but don't entertain any ideas of having them in any sort of S.H.T.F. arsenal.

YMMV, of course.

Removal of a loaded clip in a M1 Garand is quite easy. There is a "latch" on the left hand side of the receiver. Just press the latch, pull back on the bolt handle, and it pops up. BTW, nice carbine. Let's play "Band of Brothers" sometime.

"Collect these historic weapons if you must, but don't entertain any ideas of having them in any sort of S.H.T.F. arsenal."

Why are you bustin' his chops? Not everyone collects guns for SHTF arsenals. IF he did have it for SHTF, as long as he has enough rounds, he will be in good shape.

IF the SHTF, that 100-200yd carbine will be a far better weapon than most people's ARs because fighting wouldn't happen at 200yd+ ranges and it will probably stop someone with one shot.

I have two M-1 Carbines. They're good weapons for women, my daughter and my wife are comfortable with them. They don't kick much, and loaded with winchester hollow points they're quite adequate for anything we might run into up on the mountain top. I enjoy shooting them because they're easy on my aging frame, light to carry, and very reliable.
I have a Springfield and a Garand from CMP, but the prices on the latest M-1 carbines were a bit steep for my wallet.

The latest issue of Shotgun News has a long article on the M-1 and M2. Kokalis wrote it, and he seems to like the M-1 ok.

I agree, don't bust this guy,s chops! I ran out of 5.56 one early morning during a fight and picked up one of the Laotian guards M-2 and ammo ( he had five bandoleers thank God) This rifle saved my life and not once jammed or had shoot more than one round to down the enemy(s) It has the power of a .357 at the muzzle and as long a good hit is made you can move on to the next opportunity that pops up. My uncle used on on Tarwawa, SaiPan and ChiChi Jima He was a Marine Rifle Company Member. He liked his so much he mailed it home after the war ended and it is still running strong.

the first 30 cal carbine i bought was from a marine when i was in guam{seabees 1959} for 25 bucks with and extra barrel. i shipped it home, had it for a few years, then sold it for 30 bucks. so here it is almost sixty later, i see cmp is selling 30 cal carbines and m1 garands, make a long story short i bought one of each plus a thousand rd for each gun, i have already fired several hundred shells thought the carbine and mi. when fireing the guns i feel like i am going back in time, boot camp at camp pendelton. i hope that everybody that buys a gun fron cmp has as good as experence as i did. fast shipping, guns arrived in very good condition. cmp office personal are the best, what else can i say. leon

the first 30 cal carbine i bought was from a marine when i was in guam{seabees 1959} for 25 bucks with and extra barrel. i shipped it home, had it for a few years, then sold it for 30 bucks. so here it is almost sixty later, i see cmp is selling 30 cal carbines and m1 garands, make a long story short i bought one of each plus a thousand rd for each gun, i have already fired several hundred shells thought the carbine and mi. when fireing the guns i feel like i am going back in time, boot camp at camp pendelton. i hope that everybody that buys a gun fron cmp has as good as experence as i did. fast shipping, guns arrived in very good condition. cmp office personal are the best, what else can i say. leon

the first 30 cal carbine i bought was from a marine when i was in guam{seabees 1959} for 25 bucks with and extra barrel. i shipped it home, had it for a few years, then sold it for 30 bucks. so here it is almost sixty later, i see cmp is selling 30 cal carbines and m1 garands, make a long story short i bought one of each plus a thousand rd for each gun, i have already fired several hundred shells thought the carbine and mi. when fireing the guns i feel like i am going back in time, boot camp at camp pendelton. i hope that everybody that buys a gun fron cmp has as good as experence as i did. fast shipping, guns arrived in very good condition. cmp office personal are the best, what else can i say. leon

the first 30 cal carbine i bought was from a marine when i was in guam{seabees 1959} for 25 bucks with and extra barrel. i shipped it home, had it for a few years, then sold it for 30 bucks. so here it is almost sixty later, i see cmp is selling 30 cal carbines and m1 garands, make a long story short i bought one of each plus a thousand rd for each gun, i have already fired several hundred shells thought the carbine and mi. when fireing the guns i feel like i am going back in time, boot camp at camp pendelton. i hope that everybody that buys a gun fron cmp has as good as experence as i did. fast shipping, guns arrived in very good condition. cmp office personal are the best, what else can i say. leon

Okay. Excuse my ignorance, but what is an "SHTF" arsenal?

Okay. I did say ignorance. Forget the question. After reading a few more web pages I get it.

looking for rear sights on a inland .30 cal carbine