August 9th, 2018, 04:02 PM | #6 |
Lifer Location: USA | I had a National Ordnance M1 carbine years ago. I was uneducated on carbines back then and thought it was USGI. I knew it wasn't a Plainfield so took the chance.I could not get it to be reliable. Replaced springs, gas piston and more. In fact, that carbine turned me off to M1 Carbines all together. I honestly don't remember if GI parts were used or mix of GI and commercial. There have been a lot of stories regarding National Ordnance. One even went so far as stating that M1903s/A3s, M1 Carbines, M1 Garands and other weapons with National Ordnance markings were used for the Bay of Pigs so the weapons would not be directly connected to the US military. Yeah, It's a whopper of a story, but one that's been around a long time. Another story had N.O. somehow connected with Bannerman and weapons were sold to 3rd world countries. At some point I read or heard that N.O. ended up being part of Federal Ordnance. I personally owned that N.O. M1 carbine (garbage) but I have seen 2 M1903s with the same N.O. markings. Wish I could be more help, but that's all I got. |