WTS M1 Carbine **SOLD**
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IAI stands for Israeli Arms International. The company is not Israeli, they were an American company based in Texas that imported Israeli firearms, primarily pistols. They made their own receivers (or had them made) for their M1 carbines and assembled them with US made Green Mountain barrels. Everything else besides obviously the metal barrel shroud are GI parts or commercially manufactured parts interchangeable with GI, they used GI parts when they could find them. The Green Mountain barrels are not GI spec. They have a tighter chamber spec and are considered to be more accurate than a GI barrel.
I found this referring to a January 2001 American Rifleman article on the IAI carbine:
I also discovered that the last run of these carbines produced some that had issues but the serial number of this one is before that batch. Given all of the above I consider the IAI (excluding that last run) to be one of the best commercial carbines out there, and the one I would want to own if I was going non-GI. I bought it from a fellow forum member I'm guessing about 6 months or more ago and I have only had it to the range twice and shot a little less than a mag each time due to not having very much ammo in this caliber. It ran beautifully. I have never field stripped it.
$450 Now $420 FTF in the NC triad or triangle area. Comes with the 1 pictured mag and sling. No trades, I already bought it.
@ commodore - No, it looked just like this when I bought it.
@ Mr. Lahey - it's a flip/lever type safety next to the mag release button
**Sold**
IAI stands for Israeli Arms International. The company is not Israeli, they were an American company based in Texas that imported Israeli firearms, primarily pistols. They made their own receivers (or had them made) for their M1 carbines and assembled them with US made Green Mountain barrels. Everything else besides obviously the metal barrel shroud are GI parts or commercially manufactured parts interchangeable with GI, they used GI parts when they could find them. The Green Mountain barrels are not GI spec. They have a tighter chamber spec and are considered to be more accurate than a GI barrel.
I found this referring to a January 2001 American Rifleman article on the IAI carbine:
Also there was a S.W.A.T. magazine article in May 2002 on the IAI M1 Carbine and they got even better groups of 1" at 40 yards with Federal jacketed soft points.
I also discovered that the last run of these carbines produced some that had issues but the serial number of this one is before that batch. Given all of the above I consider the IAI (excluding that last run) to be one of the best commercial carbines out there, and the one I would want to own if I was going non-GI. I bought it from a fellow forum member I'm guessing about 6 months or more ago and I have only had it to the range twice and shot a little less than a mag each time due to not having very much ammo in this caliber. It ran beautifully. I have never field stripped it.
$450 Now $420 FTF in the NC triad or triangle area. Comes with the 1 pictured mag and sling. No trades, I already bought it.
@ commodore - No, it looked just like this when I bought it.
@ Mr. Lahey - it's a flip/lever type safety next to the mag release button
