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<blockquote data-quote="BallisticsGuy" data-source="post: 1643620" data-attributes="member: 96226"><p>I can see you're all in the agony of suspense, allow me to illuminate:</p><p></p><p>The answer is: It's an M1 Carbine (like this).</p><p></p><p><img src="https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alpineright3.jpg?w=300" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Well, no. It's like this:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/engraved-sporterized-m-1-carbine-003.jpg?w=500" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/engraved-sporterized-m-1-carbine-004.jpg?w=500" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/engraved-sporterized-m-1-carbine-005.jpg?w=500" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/engraved-sporterized-m-1-carbine-006.jpg?w=500" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/engraved-sporterized-m-1-carbine-007.jpg?w=500" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>A very little history: The owner of this fine rifle purchased it in Panama in the early 70's. The seller was a field officer in the U.S. military and told the current owner that the custom work was done in Japan. It isn't certain how the rifle got to Japan but, barrel numbers indicate it probably saw use/action in Vietnam before being relocated to Japan and subsequently customized and engraved.</p><p></p><p>When you look it over you will see there was a tremendous amount of modifications and some wonderful engraving done on this rifle. Normally my gunsmith, being a specialist in M1's, gets upset when at finding an M1 Carbine that has been changed from its original configuration but not in this case. Everyone agrees that this is a work of art and the sacrificing of a very nice example to create an absolute work of genuine ballistic art is forgivable.</p><p></p><p>It's the extremes that the gun maker did not go to that really make this example shine. You can take elegance too far and you can take it not far enough. Taking it just far enough so as to not sacrifice utility for beauty without holding back on the beauty is a tough balance to strike.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BallisticsGuy, post: 1643620, member: 96226"] I can see you're all in the agony of suspense, allow me to illuminate: The answer is: It's an M1 Carbine (like this). [IMG]https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alpineright3.jpg?w=300[/IMG] Well, no. It's like this: [IMG]https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/engraved-sporterized-m-1-carbine-003.jpg?w=500[/IMG] [IMG]https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/engraved-sporterized-m-1-carbine-004.jpg?w=500[/IMG] [IMG]https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/engraved-sporterized-m-1-carbine-005.jpg?w=500[/IMG] [IMG]https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/engraved-sporterized-m-1-carbine-006.jpg?w=500[/IMG] [IMG]https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/engraved-sporterized-m-1-carbine-007.jpg?w=500[/IMG] A very little history: The owner of this fine rifle purchased it in Panama in the early 70's. The seller was a field officer in the U.S. military and told the current owner that the custom work was done in Japan. It isn't certain how the rifle got to Japan but, barrel numbers indicate it probably saw use/action in Vietnam before being relocated to Japan and subsequently customized and engraved. When you look it over you will see there was a tremendous amount of modifications and some wonderful engraving done on this rifle. Normally my gunsmith, being a specialist in M1's, gets upset when at finding an M1 Carbine that has been changed from its original configuration but not in this case. Everyone agrees that this is a work of art and the sacrificing of a very nice example to create an absolute work of genuine ballistic art is forgivable. It’s the extremes that the gun maker did not go to that really make this example shine. You can take elegance too far and you can take it not far enough. Taking it just far enough so as to not sacrifice utility for beauty without holding back on the beauty is a tough balance to strike. [/QUOTE]
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