The M-1 is too heavy for the lazy pants down thugs to tote...not to mention most of them are too stupid to figure out how to reload without losing a finger....now the carbine is another matter...sweet little weapon..
yeah and the 30-06 Springfield cartridge will make the homy boys cry out its too big of a kick.
The M1 is excellent for rural home defense,and for hunting as well, it will drop every N. American animal worth eating.
Now my choice being a slightly more modern version is the M1A with its .308 my personal favorite.
Its a mans gun from the days of making every round count and not this prat and spray stuff.
Cute, yes. Accurate, no. And how can you call an M1 Carbine a weapon? It was specifically designed to wound opponents, not kill them.
And the only other "weapon" to rival the Carbine's notorious inaccuracy is the Ruger Mini-14. Two peas in a pod!
I also have a Rockola, original, everything but the trigger guard is Rockola; trigger guard is Underwood. No bayonet, but the lug is there. Every time I take that out at the range, folks want to hold it. A few actually want to shoot it. Once they run a 15 round mag through it, they want to buy it! I'm on the verge of selling it ... I really don't need to own a $2000 rifle. But yeah, these are sweet shootin' little rifles. Close quarters combat rifles to replace the 1911 .45 is what they were designed for, and they do just fine in that regard.