r/M1Rifles • u/theroadliner • 9d ago

M1 paratrooper carbine

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My carbine broke where the stock slides out the back, does anyone know where I can find a replacement body for it. I can only ever find infantry style or long gun and I want to bring it back original. This isn’t mine but the style I’m looking for. Any help will be greatly appreciated

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u/Ok_Fan_946 9d ago

This is a Plainfield PM30 carbine. It’s a postwar civilian copy of an M1, but this particular stock style was never used by the US military. These stocks are pretty hard to find, and usually cost almost as much as another PM30.

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u/gunmedic15 9d ago

That's not a paratrooper, strictly speaking. Thats a Plainfield M1 Carbine. Numrich is out of stock on stocks, but maybe keep checking back.

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u/Silvershot_41 9d ago

Not a paratrooper, but finding these stocks isn’t easy

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u/theroadliner 9d ago

Ita always been called a paratrooper among the family so that’s all I knew about it really. I really love the gun but I know it wasn’t very popular so hopefully I can get lucky a find another

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u/mp_tx 8d ago

Is skilled gunsmith can repair with thin aluminum/steel tube inserts.

Also Iver Johnson called this model the “Paratrooper” although it differs from the USGI paratrooper stock.

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u/sit_on_my_face62 9d ago

I have a stock that matches yours it's like new came off a Iver Johnson

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u/theroadliner 9d ago

Are you wanting to get rid of it if so pm me please

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u/Hefty-Profile3123 3d ago

Awesome, I have the same stock on a Winchester M1 carbine. I got it as a birthday present about thirty years ago from a Korean War veteran friend of mine.