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Ok, long story short I heard of a bringback M1 Carbine for sale from an estate. I went to go look at it. It was supposed to be sent home with a grenade launcher on it, in a canvas carbine case. The Grenade launcher was sold before I had a shot at it. I know the person who was offering it up for sale. They would not lie. But I was more concerned with families who get confused. Many times vets buy carbines later in life, and the carbine LIKE they carried in the war, becomes the ONE they carried in the war. So that is what I was concerned about.
Anyways, it's a 1.36 million Underwood. It was pretty much all matching and correct. The rear flip is obviously changed and I posted pics last week and the consensus was it was a repo. The type I band no one knew for sure, but Tuna commented that it was supposed to be blued, and it is parked.
The case I got with it, had a man's name on it. And he said that is who brought it back. When I ran his name, I found out he was a Marine who enlisted in the 1950 period, and landed at Inchon and fought through the Chosin Resevoir. He was also part of a famous company at the Chosin. He was Fox Company, 2nd Battalion 7th Marines. He is also featured several times in the book The Last STand of Fox Company.
Anyways the rest of the carbine seems all correct to the book. I see no parts that aren't correct except for the rear sight, and possibly the band might have been changed. There are no stake marks on the receiver at all. I some what suspect it might have had an adjustable sight and type III band. But I'm not 100% sure on the band.
So the finish looked off to me, and not like the other early Underwoods I had. But I couldn't place it. And it didn't look like normal rebuilds I run across as the finish was so light.
So I didn't put 2 +2 together until today when I was putting in a safe and put it beside a Marine rebuild 1903 from the 1941 period, and then I had a sort of an ah-ha moment.
First, the rifle.
The supposed case it was sent back in.
Rollin Hutchinson was in 2/7 Fox Co and landed at Inchon and fought through the Chosin. He was WIA twice and lived his whole life in Toledo Ohio. The rifle was found in Toledo Ohio. And was sold by his family as the one he brought back.
It's a lengthened 1944 Carbine Case.
Anyways, it's a 1.36 million Underwood. It was pretty much all matching and correct. The rear flip is obviously changed and I posted pics last week and the consensus was it was a repo. The type I band no one knew for sure, but Tuna commented that it was supposed to be blued, and it is parked.
The case I got with it, had a man's name on it. And he said that is who brought it back. When I ran his name, I found out he was a Marine who enlisted in the 1950 period, and landed at Inchon and fought through the Chosin Resevoir. He was also part of a famous company at the Chosin. He was Fox Company, 2nd Battalion 7th Marines. He is also featured several times in the book The Last STand of Fox Company.
Anyways the rest of the carbine seems all correct to the book. I see no parts that aren't correct except for the rear sight, and possibly the band might have been changed. There are no stake marks on the receiver at all. I some what suspect it might have had an adjustable sight and type III band. But I'm not 100% sure on the band.
So the finish looked off to me, and not like the other early Underwoods I had. But I couldn't place it. And it didn't look like normal rebuilds I run across as the finish was so light.
So I didn't put 2 +2 together until today when I was putting in a safe and put it beside a Marine rebuild 1903 from the 1941 period, and then I had a sort of an ah-ha moment.
First, the rifle.
The supposed case it was sent back in.
Rollin Hutchinson was in 2/7 Fox Co and landed at Inchon and fought through the Chosin. He was WIA twice and lived his whole life in Toledo Ohio. The rifle was found in Toledo Ohio. And was sold by his family as the one he brought back.
It's a lengthened 1944 Carbine Case.
Looking at the rifle the story does seem plausible, so that is why I am investigating it more. 
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