Posted on 11/12/2015 8:15:36 AM PST by w1n1
Inland Manufacturing has just announced their new and fascinating pistol. It's an M1, it's a carbine and it's a pistol, but we will have to wait until March 2016 to have one of our very own.
The new "Advisor," Inland's M1 pistol, features many of the same characteristics of their original carbines and is modeled after the modified M1 carbines that were a popular conversion made by US Military advisors during the Vietnam Era. These "Military Advisors" found that the compact and reliable M1 carbine could be made even more suitable for their specific missions by cutting the barrels down to pistol lengths and using either a cut down standard stock or the M1A1 folding stock the folder was the stock of choice if they could get their hands on one.
These modified M1 carbines were favored by the US Military Advisors as well as the Tunnel Rats tasked with clearing the matrix of tunnels and engaging in extreme close quarters.
The new 2016 Inland Advisor features a 12-inch barrel with a type two barrel band, adjustable rear sights, push-button safety, round bolt and a low-wood walnut stock modified M1A1 stock minus the wire portion of the stock making the Advisor a legal pistol. Read the rest of the review here.
I’d rather have a Ruger Blackhawk.
“But they should rechamber it in .357 Magnum so ammo is plentiful.”
Much harder to make a rimmed round feed from a box magazine.
RE 30-06:
No, it’s most likely in the original .30 Carbine caliber. It’s a weak round. However, that being said, a lot of the GIs loved that carbine because it was light, handy, and easy to carry. The M2 and M3 versions were full auto.
There’s only two other firearms chambered in .30 carbine, last time I checked; a SW revolver, and an old AMT semi-auto. .357 would be much more practical.
Just my 2cents.
Don’t have to worry about stopping power if you carry one of those.
RE Rimmed:
True that, Ivan.
My thoughts on .357 though comes from the fact that I’ve read about M1 carbine conversions to .357 a while ago.
How plentiful is .30 carbine ammo? Is there still a surplus of it, or are they still making it new? I know we made a LOT of those.
All that being said... it IS a cool firearm to add to the collection.
This is obviously a solution in search of a problem...
Agreed. Not interested.
“Fires a round less powerful than 300blk and not used by anything else.”
It is used in more platforms than 300blk unless you can point me to a 300blk revolver and standard semiauto pistol.
As for power, the heavy 300blk round generates 498 ft lbs and the light 125 round generates 1360 ft lbs. 30 carbine is 1311 ft pounds.
A 300blk is basically a sexy 30 carbine. Like it or not.
Buy a carbine and use the change to buy some sexy panties.
I had a war surplus M1 carbine. I killed a deer with it shooting a 110(?) grain hollow point. One shot and down he went. Even at about 100 yds, it made a nasty looking wound.
One thing for absolute certain - ‘concealed carry’ it is NOT!
How are you supposed to aim that thing?
We’re not talking about a carbine were talking about that thing.
I googled and the The first 30 carbine round I found shot a 110 grain bullet at 2000 fps. 300 blk shoots a 100 (better BC) bullet at 2300 fps. That is what’s called more. 300 blk is roughly the same as 7.62 X 39, 30 carbine is not.
Some revolver or pistol that is not in common usage doesn’t mean a round is versatile.
For any logical function this thing could perform, I would rather build an AR pistol.
I can mount an optic
I can use the buffer tube for a cheek weld
I can use all the accessories that work on an AR rifle.
Every part on my pistol except the barrel and the stock assembly are the same as an AR rifle.
I can have any of a dozen different calibers.
I have enough pretty panties, I would rather spend my money on a usable, modular, customization, modern firearm.
I’ll buy just about any firearm but I’d likely pass on this.
Mad Max meets Pirates of the Caribbean... that is one ugly firearm!
No offense to problem solvers everywhere, but, this is obviously designed by mechanical engineers with not an industrial designer in sight.
I think I would rather have an Uzi.
I think I would rather have an Uzi.
Not sure why they would call this a pistol.
Call it a "short-barreled rifle" and the BATF will be all over you like ugly on a ape.
I guess it depends upon the size of your codpiece.
You could always tell the cop you're just glad to see him... :)
But seriously, on the M2 platform this would be da bomb. And it needs a slightly more ergonomic handgrip. As pictured, it looks more like a garage-conversion than something with a little thought behind it. A synthetic stock would make it more menacing.
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