**Inland U.S. M1A Type I Paratrooper Carbine with Sling and Drop Bag

World War II

.30 Carbine. 18" barrel length. SN: 781888. Parkerized metal finish with high wood walnut pistol grip stock and mounting a side folding stock with leather cheek rest. Semi-automatic gas piston driven carbine fed by detachable magazines. Top of receiver marked INLAND DIV. over the serial number. Chamber marked U.S. CARBINE / CAL. 30 M1 in two lines. Stock with an IO on the bottom of the pistol grip and {Circle-P} on the rear face. Folding stock with cast buttplate with B257614 * 4 marking on interior edge with leather cheek rest attached with three brass rivets. Two-rivet hand guard marked IO on interior. Barrel marked in three lines: INLAND MFG. DIV. / GENERAL MOTORS / 7-43. Blued flat bolt top, S marked Type I rear sight, S marked front sight, unmarked Type I barrel band with UI marked swivel, Inland logo marked trigger housing, WI marked hammer, M marked magazine release. Includes a 1943 dated Atlas Awning jump bag, an OD Green sling, a single U marked 15-round Type I magazine, and an oiler. A nice, early war M1A typical of the guns used by the 82nd and later the 101st Airborne during their early jumps.

From the Collection of Garry James

This lot is located in Cincinnati.