The M1 Carbine: Variants, Markings, Ammunition, Accessories: 10 (Classic Guns of the World, 10)

Impressive within the confines of a small but tastefully presented volume

Very good information in this book. I am a firearms collector and i own 6 USGI m1 carbine rifle. This book give me some more information that i didn't know of.

Perfectamente presentado y muy bien explicado con dibujos y fotos.

Great Book on the history of one of the most iconic rifles of the last 100 years! If you are a milsurp collector then this is a must have book for your library!

Bien

This book had the potential of being a nice overview of the carbines. Pictures staged with uniforms and equipment are artistic and well done. Many other pics are of poor quality with the details not visible. Possibly no fault of the author as it's a 1st edition printed in India where publishing is less expensive.The reason for the 2 stars are the inaccuracies. some of them basic. One page (10) depicts a Browning .30 cal. rifle that Williams worked on adjacent Winchester prototype #2. The Browning is identified as Winchester's 1st carbine prototype. The next page (11) correctly identifies Winchester's 1st prototype as the 13 Day Winchester prototype but indicates "by David M. Williams" Williams had very little to do with it. He was taken off the project and built his own separate Light Rifle prototype. Submitted too late for Ordnance evaluations.A section on accessories shows a basic drawing of the M3 carbine with an M3 Sniperscope identified as the M2 Sniperscope (p54). The same page shows a drawing of the T3 carbine with an M1 Sniperscope with it's accessories from Ordnance manual TM 5-9340 (Sniperscope & Snooperscope, Model M1). The caption identifies the carbine as the M3 carbine. The M3 carbine designation was for the M2 Sniperscope and M2 carbine. The list goes on.Not recommended or anyone who wants accuracy.