Picked up a Carbine!
Picked out a carbine from RTI. Iv heard some not great things about them so went through each of their individual listings and picked out several before deciding on one. I think I got a good one!
Been half-ass looking for one for the last year or two and finally had some extra cash to grab one. 44’ underwood. Good wood except the little filed section on left side. Round bolt and barrel listed at 2.0 with bright chamber and rifling
Completely dissembled it Monday for cleaning an lube. Loaded up some Berrys 110gr RN on top of H110 and shot Tuesday. Had 2 or 3 failure to feeds where the cartridge got stuck going up the feed ramp. Was able to guide the bullet toward the chamber and it chambered fine. Highest velocity was 1950fps with 14.4gr. Might try 15.0 just to see if it will get closer to 2k fps but for a plinking load I think 14.5gr is perfectly fine
Got the sling and mag pouch from At The Front. Pretty nice for the price. Would like to find a bayonet for it as well. What would it have been issued with in 1 of 44’? Found conflicting info on google
Also need to get some more mags. The one it came with would push the floorplate halfway off after shooting a mag, possibly contributing to my FTF. Would love to get some of the surplus still-in wax paper mags just to have but want some cheap shooters too
Anything else I should consider getting for it?
Last pic is with my CMP Garand I got last year. Springfield receiver with a new stock and barrel. Have around 500 rounds through it already!