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Thanks for the details. Yah, the one AO M1 we had was total trash. I was close to buying an SBR Thompson from AO, but after that, forget it. Small sampling size, I grant, but I don't know how a company can screw up a carbine that bad.I've had a couple of horror story 1911's made by Auto Ordnance. I've come to the conclusion that with their corporate connection to Numrich Arms, in some of their product lines, they don't so much as use their own freshly made parts as they do sourced-out stuff. Including parts made in the Philippines. Using contracted-out parts is nothing new; using the worst ones available doesn't make for a good gun.
The new (not the old GM unit) Inland Manufacturing makes re-issue 1911's and M1 Carbines. Their version of the Carbine may be better than Auto Ordnance but I haven't owned one. I've owned of of their 1911's, it was okay, much better than AO.
The one and only Inland Manufacturing (new one, not wartime production) I shot was a complete and utter pile of goat excrement. As in jammed on 80-90% of cycles. (It was the Advisor "pistol", fwiw.)
(Parenthetically, the sporterized, mid-1940s Inland I have has had at least a couple thousand rounds shot through said by me. Malfunctions? Zero — literally zero, with any ammo, and any magazine I stuffed into it. Here's hoping the M2 from National Postal Meter that is coming soon is so reliable. But, I digress. )