Inland & NPM Carbines - please help review

[Tuna]

No they don't have access to the real deal in China. The humpers have to send what they want to the makers in China by email
or snail mail BUT sending a real sight there is not allowed. Plus the humpers just keep showing their fakes as being real and the newb's fall for it. Now if you want to learn about real vs fakes then sit down and read, compare photos of fakes compared to originals. That is the way most advanced collects learned. There is no short cuts to this so if your going to become a carbine collector take the time to learn about them. Just like we as collectors did.

[jimb]

Believe us when we say the fakers have improved their products over the years by noting the discussions on these pages. There are 2 in particular who have done this. IF a newbie wants the info he is free to PM us. We are more than willing to discuss the detailed info OFF THE BOARD. Details of milling, color, markings can easily give away the fakes for the advanced collector, while the newbie won't know the difference. There is no point in educating the fakers to make it even more difficult to detect their products. They can take a $25 fake and turn it into a $200 (GI Issued) part. That kind of profit is a great incentive to check these boards.

[BrianQ]

They only fake rare and expensive parts, sell to novices.

Rare and expensive, like a ten dollar IS oiler?

BTW this one is a repro, aka fake.

[jimb]

Brian, thanks for illustrating our point. Yes guys, even some pretty cheap parts are copied.

[anton67]

Are you talking about the stake marks on the NPM around the rear site?

[Tuna]

Yes Anton that is one of the bad about that carbine BUT there are others too. This carbine had at one time an adjustable rear sight. Now what does that tell you?

[Newscotlander]

The Inland doesn't look right either. Just saying...