Lets see the firearm collection.....

[Edmond]

[Edmond]

I have sent a lot of pictures to this site http://www.securityarms.com/20010315.../2800/2897.htm

[Edmond]

I love swiss chocolate and rifles.

[gaijinsamurai]

Sweet collection, Edmond!!!!!!!!!

[AreKay7]

Awesome rifles Edmond.

[TacoDelRio]

I like those things as well. You get the win.

[onefast93z28]

Newest addition to my WW2 US martial arms collection is this 1943 Inland M1 carbine pictured with my 1945 Springfield Armory Garand for size comparison...

[gaijinsamurai]

Nice carbine and Garand, onefast!

Question: Do you know what year they started putting the bayonet lugs on the M1 carbines? I was under the impression that they weren't added until the end of WWII.

[Laworkerbee]

This Marines carbine on Iwo Jima doesn't seem to have a bayonet lug.

[gaijinsamurai]

Most WWII-era M1 carbines I've seen have lacked the bayonet lug.

http://www.olive-drab.com/od_other_f...m1carbine.php3

Here's a link that suggests the bayonets for the M1 didn't come out until May 1944.
It isn't crystal clear, however.

[gaijinsamurai]

Perhaps onefast's carbine could have had the lug added after the war.

[onefast93z28]

The bayonet lug on the M1 carbine is part of the barrel band, not the barrel itself. The barrel band can be swapped to a WW2 era one and thus no bayonet lug. The barrel band with the lug (I believe it's known as the type III) was developed in 1944 but it is doubtful very many (if any) reached the front lines during WW2.

This photo shows the two main types of barrel bands:

http://www.angelfire.com/wa/fallschi.../fig/Bands.jpg

Hope that helps.

[notoo7]

My Romanian AKs. I just picked up the one on the right today.

[T3ngu]

Nice firearms posted today people.

[Edmond]

Top one is a first batch soviet AKMS as delivered to the 1st Egyptian Airborne Division, below is a MPiKM 72 made in DDR in 1974.