Plainfield M1 Carbine

**Tokarev** · 06-30-20, 18:06

Here's something I picked up recently. The gun has been refinished and had some rust pitting on the receiver bridge and slide handle. But it refinished fine and the overall color is nice and even. The bore is shiny and the bolt does not close on a Manson field gauge.

It had a funky 1960s wire stock on it when I bought it that I replaced with a walnut stock from Auto Ordnance.

Nothing unique, rare or extraordinary. But these are fun little guns just the same. With GI guns becoming more and more collectible it now seems the older commercial guns are coming into their own as workhorse/shooters.

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**T2C** · 06-30-20, 20:40

Was the wire stock a Paratrooper folding stock?

**Tokarev** · 06-30-20, 21:05

Originally Posted by T2C

Was the wire stock a Paratrooper folding stock?

No. At least not in the USGI pattern.

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**T2C** · 07-01-20, 07:03

That looks like an Enforcer stock. Unless you are getting in and out of vehicles with the carbine frequently, I don't see any advantages to it.

I like the standard wood stock for general use. It's light enough and short enough to be handy.

**Nowski87** · 07-01-20, 10:23

I have a Plainfield M1 it's a fun little gun. Makes me wish I had looked harder for a GI one while they were still resonable.

**mack7.62** · 07-01-20, 10:30

I'll give you $27 for that wire stock

If you don't mind me asking how much did you have to give for that Auto Ordnance stock and where did you get it?

**Hop** · 07-22-20, 14:13

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**Tokarev** · 07-31-20, 12:28

I decided I didn't like the thin varnish/slightly glossy finish on my Kahr stock so I am going to try to stain and then oil it.

I soaked the stock and handguard in Citristrip for a couple hours then used steel wool and a scouring pad to scrub both parts. I then scrubbed them down with mineral spirits and finished by rinsing them in an old Coleman cooler I filled with water.

The stock is probably walnut. I'm not sure about the handguard. It came out very white. Almost looks like pine.

Once the parts have air dried I'll stain them with a mix of Minwax #231 Gun Stock, Dark Walnut and Jacobean. Hopefully the parts will more closely match once stained.

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**T2C** · 08-01-20, 22:08

I sent a handguard back to Kahr, because the wood did not match the Auto Ordnance stock I had on my AOM130. They sent me a new handguard that more closely matches.

If you stripped the finish off the handguard, Kahr will most likely tell you they will not swap out handguards for you.