Universal M1 Carbine Series Carbines X035

The first Universal Carbines were more or less exact copies of the USGI Carbine.

The older type was built on cast receivers with many (all) Everyone in the commercial realm has done complete hardening of the receivers, which has been problematic in the past.

It was a Second Generation model but was very well built and nicely finished.

Endo, Apr 4, 2011.

Cast aluminum trigger housing, stamped slide with two recoil spring, and a receiver that would no longer accept many GI parts.

It means you have a first generation Universal, made before the company began cheapening and redesigning internals to save money.

This is the web site I have been getting most of my info from.

This post will be an overview leading into a 2nd post on the Universal Firearms carbines having a serial number with an X prefix.

The serial number is X5 and is in front of the rear sight, Universal name and address is behind rear sight.

Thats good. The barrel is by Saginaw Gear.

They used a cast commercial receiver with nearly all GI parts.

From 1983-1984 Universal manufactured a stainless steel carbine.

GI: 101498852. Cast aluminum trigger housing, stamped slide with two recoil spring, and a receiver that would no longer accept many GI parts.

My buddy wants to pay off some debt by giving me his dads Universal M1 Carbine.

They were bought by Iver Johnson in 1983, who I cant say much about any collector value of an X-marked Universal, but I bet its a good shooting gun.

They were sporting rifles that looked like an M1 Carbine, but were a LONG way away from being a GI carbine.

It appears to be early in Winchesters manufacture of 818,059 M-1 carbines.

Moon told me some of the pains they went to in order to make the rifle right, some of which were evident and some things were evident that they could have went further (example, the contrasting silverish color of their extractors; poor attention to detail).

The gun had that funky GI replica aluminum TH, which cracked while I was taking it down for cleaning.

Universal M1 Carbine Series Carbines X035

I have one of the x series carbines x035 sure wish i could find out more info on it any suggestions would be great.

Click on the image above to learn more about the M1 CarbineThe Carbine Collectors Club is a CMP Affiliated Organization I was looking for information on a Universal M1 Carbine.

Universal M1 Carbine Serial Number