A new 1911 is a real 1911. It's a 1911, maybe not a historical item but still it's a real 1911 because it's a real gun. A new M1 carbine is a real M1 carbine because it's a real gun. It's just like the old ones but it's new. Steel casting technology has advanced a lot since WWII and a cast receiver is really no problem. Any problems they may have with shooting can be remedied by a good, experienced gun smith.

I have a few USGI Carbines , one being an M1A1 Paratrooper . I then bought an Auto Ordnance AOM150 Paratrooper . All shoot accurate and no malfunctions with 10,15 & 30 round mags . They are just light , accurate fun rifles to carry and shoot . I do prefer the mags with the good open follower’s but I have a duke mixture of GI and what ever I picked up along the way and all seem to work . Gun Mag Warehouse has a bunch and you can buy singles or they have the Korean KCI in 10 packs . Currently the 15 rnd. are $ 87.99 and the 30 rounders are 109.99 per ten pack . If you want a chest rig for your M1 Carbine check out Olongapo Outfitters as the have them for 15 round and 30 round mags as well as the. Butt stock pouch and some for your belt . If your like me , they also make them for Garand’s and AR’s and Ak’s and 7.62x51MM as well as pistols . Now if we can only petition PSA to add M1 Carbine ammo to their AAC ANMO line at a reasonable price ( like their 300 Blk) !!!!!

I bought an Auto Ordnance M1 Carbine last year and the only failures I had were failures to feed with cheap Pro Mag magazines. I then bought AO mags and with them there has been no failures to feed. The reason I bought the repo instead of an original is that I knew the condition of the new one. With an old one, you don't know how well they have been treated.

I misspoke at 2:40 and said “forged” when I meant “cast”.

Have this same M 1 and it works great....even runs on my reloads...have installed special magazine follower plates with hold open bolt features.

I bought mine in 2023 it's been good gun ✊nock on the wood stock 😅 I took it to the range yesterday had a couple of failures to feed but that was on the 30rd mag the 10 and 15 rd mags work fine I pretty much use Remington fmj they seem to feed reliably 90% of the time even in the 30rd mag . When I shot it for the first time I took 500 rounds of the Remington fmj and only had 2 failure to feed the hole time

Fallen into a bit of a rabbit hole after seeing an AO M1 at a local shop I guess I've been out of the loop for a while as I didn't understand how they went from $750-850 years ago to now being over $1100 Thought/hoped they beefed up the quality, but I assume that's just not the case ...does look pretty, tho

I’ve had an AO M1 for quite a while, had an issue with not going into battery all the time, put a stronger recoil spring in it and wuzzah no issues. I bought it used, paid $650 for it ( I don’t think it was ever used when I bought it). Lots of fun to shoot it. At $1100, however, I’d buy a genuine one. I’ve added a lot of USGI parts, barrel band, sights, flip safety with no issues. Mine is an early AO model, so maybe I am just lucky?

3 WW2 models (1 paratrooper) and an Auto Ordnance. All have been great to shoot The only M1 carbine reproduction to avoid is Universal. Great in fully jam o matic. 😅😊

It looks to be well made and well finished. What kind of accuracy do you get at 50 & or 100 yards? Ive found some of the carbines to be not all that accurate and others very accurate. My Plainfield (Nearly all GI parts but the receiver and stock) shoots very good groups at 25 yards with all shots touching but at 50 yards the peep site is not precise enough for me to stay under 1-2'' . At 100 yards with everything being perfect that day I can shoot fist sized 5 shot groups with it.

I have my dads Universal M1 Carbine , I believe it is Model 100 , I can’t see the serial number since it is under the scope , I do have a flash hider for it and the “ clamp “ that holds two mags together . I would like an original , don’t know if I will get there or not . I liked the comparison between the two you have

it does look good

hey hobo thanks for showing the differences.. you laid that out very well I think I might just have to stick with the original M1 carbine of course I'm a purist and I think the cost of the Auto Ordnance rifle is now about the same so why not stick with the original. THX again. Casual Collector you bet,

Nice video and a good comparison, I bought one of these years ago as a Christmas present for my father before he passed in 2016. Seems like I paid roughly $830...at the time cost was a huge factor. I still haven't made it to the 300 round mark lol. I guess I need to get it out and shoot it more. Hopefully one day I'll get a nice USGI one. Maybe from @RUSTYSURPLUS lol. Thanks again for sharing. Oh and the mags from Keep Shooting work really well in it.

I like mine a lot.

PRICE PLEASE ???

It is just a new gun.

I have a new one. Junk. Junk junk. Don’t load. Don’t fire half the time. Auto ordinance, absolute junk.

Early Universal