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09-18-2007, 06:41 PM
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M1 Carbine Costs in WWII
The current issue of The American Rifleman has an interesting article about M1 Carbine costs in WWII. On page 50, there is a chart that lists the lowest cost manufacturer which was Winchester at $37.75 each and the highest which was National Postal Meter at $69.43. The author, Bruce Canfield, says the average cost per carbine was $48.03. The actual costs were:
Winchester Repeating Arms Co. $37.75 Saginaw Steering Gear Div.of General Motors $38.00 Inland Mfg. Div. of General Motors $39.60 International Business Machines (IBM) $42.39 Quality Hardware Machine Corp. $45.52 Underwood-Elliot-Fisher $47.82 Standard Products $53.79 Rock-Ola Manufacturing Co. $58.00 National Postal Meter $69.43 All the best... Gil 
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09-19-2007, 02:27 PM
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Gil,
Excellent post; I just got my Rifleman yesterday and saw the article. Bruce Canfield lists the prices of Garands and Carbines in his fine book, " A Collector's Guide to the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine." Another Canfield book worth having is "U.S. Infantry Weapons of World War II." Adam
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09-22-2007, 06:59 PM
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Man, modern contractors would blow that out of the water!
Course, then, I guess there was 'national effort'.....today, only$$$$$$$. Dan
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