![]() As far as I can tell, the M1 carbines escaped this dangerous practice as National began to produce their own receivers instead. This was done especially with the 1903 Springfields and Remingtons that they replicated, but some M1 Garands were also built on wielded receivers. In particular they had a practice of wielding back together receivers that had been cut in half when scrapped. National Ordnance has gained an unsavory reputation among some circles as a result. Unfortunately this also led to the implementation of certain pieces and practices that ended in the creation of firearms that were dangerous to the user. This led National and other manufactures to invent ways of saving otherwise unusable parts. At the time the government made more money selling these as “scrap” rather than as arms. National Ordnance began their production using “scrap” metal, which at the time was actually parts, receivers, bolts, slides ect… from M1 carbines, M1 Garands and other surplus arms. ![]() Kelly’s Heroes comes to mind among others. WWII arms collecting began to gain popularity at the time because of many factors, one being the amount of WWII themed movies coming out at the time. National Ordnance was one of several companies that sprung up in the 1960’s to produce replica WWII arms, especially American arms.
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