This is the way to go, honestly, if you want a good reliable carbine, Posts: 27878В |В Location: Northwest ArkansasВ |В Registered: January 06, 2008 Just because your first USGI carbine is a safe queen doesn't mean that your second one has to be. Heck, for ~$800 you can get a decent condition USGI carbine, if you're patient enough and keep an eye on the milsurp messageboards like Gunboards or the CMP Forum. However, while I know you said you didn't want to consider it, the fact is that for the price of a Fulton or James River carbine (~$1300-$1600+), you can get a hell of a nice USGI carbine. But like the new Inland, they just bought the rights to the name, and have no actual connection to the original USGI manufacturer.) (JRA produces new carbines under the Rock-Ola brand. If you're going to buy a new commercial carbine, go for the pricier but better made carbines offered by Fulton or James River Armory. Not surprisingly, since they're basically made from the same parts, Inland Manufacturing's carbines share A-O's same poor reputation for less than stellar reliability and longevity. These parts are identical, with the only difference being some of the markings on the receiver, stock, and barrel.ДЄll the major components are the same, but the Auto-Ordnance and Inland carbines are assembled and sold by separate, competing companies, and some of the smaller parts like the bolts differ in their sources. They also both buy their carbine stocks from Altamont. They both buy their carbine barrels from Green Mountain. For example, both use cast receivers, operating slides, and trigger groups made by Lamothermic. The only connection they share is that both Auto-Ordnance and Inland source most of their parts from the same handful of companies. So they're a direct competitor to the new Inland Manufacturing, LLC. Kahr owns Auto-Ordnance, which also produces a new commercial M1 Carbine. According to what I have read, Kahr makes the Inland rifles.

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