Oddbean new post about login | logout American Rifleman Insider #gunstr Assessing The M1 Carbine In Combat, Ruger’s Generation II American Rifle & more https://image.nostr.build/dcc6f03e7e38f62f41dcffd16c79a313b9853fc5495453a9ea120d83f4ce842a.png https://click.emedia.nrapublications.org/?qs=b5e196afabc4f19230c25981e04e26d9bcf1c81d68ce706b57e3d0a27a21ad474069b87cd0b56a2a8d7afad251d6ae7be33174d674b925b469758a7909426280
He generally disliked it, but my grandfather found the carbine to have a similar report to the 7.7 Arisaka. As such, it was useful for getting enemy positions to expose their positions (thinking that they had begun firing on a target). He mostly disliked it due to it's oiled design that caused the firing pin to stick in extremely low temperatures (during the Battle of Chosin).
