Early rifles with IP parts are worth more than later S'G' rifles.

They took over Irwin-Pederson production and quite a few of the early rifles had mostly Irwin-Pederson parts. Saginaw Grand Rapids (S'G'): 223,620 made. Make sure you know serial number ranges and be able to spot fake parts. National Postal Meter changed their name to Commercial Control at the end of their contract. Saginaw Grand Rapids took over.Ĭommercial Control: 239 made. They lost their contract because they weren't meeting government standards. These are expensive, there are so few out there and even fewer that are in original condition. There are even carbines that have receivers made by one manufacture and then given to another manufacture to complete, they will have markings for both manufactures.Ĭarbines can be a fun rabbit hole to go down. For example there are 5 different types of slides made by Inland. You would need to be able to break down a carbine and identify parts by maker and by type. There are so many variables in collecting carbines that you would really need to study the manufactures and what parts they produced and what other contractors they used. I would be very cautious about buying a 3k 'original' carbine.

When getting into the upper reaches of carbine collecting, you better know your stuff because there are lots of fakes.

Obviously a completely original early Inland is going to be worth more than an imported Winchester or a mix-master Rock-Ola. If I was to rank them according to value from most valuable and rare to most common and least expensive, this is how I would rank them.

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