[Destructor]

"For a lot of work you're better off with the Garand, m 14, or even M1 carbine."

I agree with you on the first two, but I disagree with you on the M1 carbine. From what I've read about the Korean War the M1 carbine wasn't even powerful enough to punch through the heavy quilted lining of a Chinese field jacket!

[RLK]

From what I've read about the Korean War the M1 carbine wasn't even powerful enough to punch through the heavy quilted lining of a Chinese field jacket!

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I'm a combat shooter. I've tested firearms and ammunition. Within 100 yards a carbine slug will go through 10 inches of pine board and still kill. The problem with the carbine is people weren't trained on it.

[jdege]

The M1 carbine was a true carbine - it fired the equivalent of a pistol round.

[SSN558]

From what I've read about the Korean War the M1 carbine wasn't even powerful enough to punch through the heavy quilted lining of a Chinese field jacket!

The M1 carbine round will definitely penetrate clothing, but not much more. Penetrating 1/2" exterior plywood is about all M1 carbine round can do. It has ballistics slightly better than the 9mm round. It excels in accuracy out to about 200 yards, mine will group about 6 inches at this range.

[wtc911]

Martin Russ' BREAKOUT, the story of the Inchon "retreat' specifically references the complaint about the M1 carbine's lack of stopping power in that particular environment.