The M1 Carbine has lingered as an active combat arm ... with a wider barrel band that could be loosened with a cartridge case via a single screw at the bottom. By late 1944, another iteration ...

Some might make the case for the Kentucky Rifle ... and Garand would eventually patent his “Semiautomatic, Caliber .30, M1 Rifle” during 1932. However, it would take until January 9, 1936 ...