Reader Forum

Held Gun Policy? I opened my shop a few years ago. Recently, I had a customer who has not picked up their completed firearm for months. What is the general recommendation on how to handle this? We’ll pose this to the readership. How do you handle this in your shop? Paul Mazan offers his take: Laws differ from state to state and sometimes from city to city. If you have a lawyer—and being in business, you should have—check with him/ her. Otherwise, check with the city, county, or state attorney’s office.

In my limited experience, there may be a minimum time without contact before you can do anything and that will vary. You will also probably have to show a good faith attempt to contact the owner and have proof in the form of registered mail receipts or letters returned as undeliverable. Your rules on what and how to get the property declared as abandoned and your ability to take ownership based on the value of the work done will most likely be a local matter.

Tightening The .30 Carbine I just bought a used Iver Johnson M1 Carbine. The bolt slide hangs up occasionally when pulling it back manually. I cleaned and lubed everything but it still hangs up. Other than this, it fires perfectly. Is this a sign of a worn bolt or other parts? James Vessels Author RK Campbell responds. Without having the firearm on hand, here is my best guess. Replace the original recoil spring with one from Wolff Gunsprings (gunsprings.com, Do not use the extra power spring.

Check the gas piston to be certain it is only moving about a quarter inch. It’s also possible the extractor and ejector are sticking, not the bolt. If you buy anew bolt with anew extractor and ejector, that might fix it. Order of priority would be to try the recoil spring, then gas piston, and then the extractor and ejector. M1 Carbine Thanks so much for the great article on the M1 Carbine in the September 2017 issue.

My father’s troop ship was hit in the fog when someor by mail a Big Sandy, TX 75755. one zigged when they should have zagged and was forced to port in Algeria, Africa. My mother worked for the Royal Air Force there. They married and here I am! During his service, my father carried an M1 Carbine and I have one as well. I collect every article I find on these and appreciate yours. Bill Linscott New Boston, NH Author RK Campbell: Thanks so much for reading! I appreciate your comments, so very interesting.

Talk about making the work worthwhile! Universal Carbine I am in need of an operating handle for a Universal Carbine with a square side. Any help other than Numrich will be appreciated as they haven’t had this for months. Tim Kenneth W. Wright Wright Enterprises of Texas Search "Universal Firearms", scroll to the bottom, and three links to sites with parts for the Carbine, M1, .30 Caliber are listed.

While you’re at it, click on "Universal Firearms Corp." There’s an abundant amount of information you may want to download as reference. Dozens of companies were enlisted by the War Department to produce the Carbine during WWII. There were a far lesser number who produced it for the peacetime market. During he war the variety of the companies enlisted include many who had never manufactured a firearm.

Among these were Singer, of sewing machine fame, and International Harvester, famous in every farming community across America. The surviving carbines both produced are considered highly by collectors. But the rarest, and therefore most collectible, of all wartime M1 Carbines are those made by Rock Ola. Otherwise famous for the Juke Boxes that kept the bobby soxers hopping at high school dances or in malt shops from 1942 to 1945. AG