Deactivated WWII US M1 Carbine, D-Day era

This is a WWII US manufactured M1 Carbine made by Inland Division General Motors, dating to March 1944. This M1 is from a batch that Inland were contracted to make during preparations for the D-Day landnings of June 1944. It is fitted with wartime woodwork that has notches cut into the top of the shoulder stock. These deliberate cuts are most commonly associated with kills that were recorded by the owner of the rifle. It comes fitted sling, oil bottle and inert .30 rounds in the magazine.

One of the classic US infantrymans rifles of the Second World War.