Were any M1 Carbines manufactured by Springfield Armory?

[grooves845]

Apparently the receiver I have was made by LMT for Springfield. It has an "SC" serial number.

[Tuna]

In the early 1980s R.I.A. had three different batches of receivers made. The first was in Chicago, the second was made in New York and the third was made by R.I.A. Your carbine may be from the 1st or 2nd batch they made but the serial number with SC is not listed on any receivers but that may not be unusual as they did make between 800 and 1000 receivers through 1984.

[grooves845]

According to this article: http://www.m1carbinesinc.com/carbine_springfield.html my receiver was made sometime between 1997 and 2003 for Springfield by LMT. I think the gunsmith that made it for me got it at a gun show. Regardless, I'm pleased with it. Lots of fun to shoot.

[Tuna]

Many of the receivers made for and by R.I.A. were sold outright and not assembled for people to make their own carbines. Some guys bought five or ten receivers, made carbines and sold them.

[grooves845]

Yep, I think that's exactly what my gunsmith did. He bought at least 4 of the Springfield receivers. Probably more. I'm just glad they're of high quality. I wasn't looking for a collectible, just a good shooter at a decent price. I sold a Beretta cx4 to get the carbine. The Beretta was nice but I will take the m1 any day.

[Faulkner]

I bought four Springfield, Inc. receivers around the turn of the century and built up complete carbines using them and new/old stock USGI parts and Boyd stocks. It was great fun and very educational and I eventually sold off two and kept two.

The fit and finish of the Spingfield, Inc. receivers is very good and I had zero problem mating them to USGI parts. I seem to recall I paid $89.00 each for them in 1998 or 1999.