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IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND 100% CORRECT WE HAVE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A FIRST SERIES PRODUCTION RUN INLAND MADE M1A1  PARATROOPER CARBINE.   THIS IS A STRAIGHT UP ORIGINAL GUN;  IT HAS NOT GONE THROUGH A REWORK AND IT IS NOT A RESTORATION.  THIS WAS MADE IN THE EARLY FIRST PRODUCTION RUN IN APRIL, 1943. THIS IS THE WITH THE EARLY HIGH WOOD STOCK.    COMPLETE ORIGINAL M1A1 CARBINES IN THIS TOP CONDITION ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE AND RARELY COME UP FOR SALE.  MOST HAVE BEEN IN COLLECTIONS FOR MANY YEARS.  THIS IS A TOP EXAMPLE OF THE FIREARM MOST ASSOCAITED WITH THE NORMANDY INVASION.