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What a great get. These are original military contract, WWII era M1-Carbine rifles manufactured for the war effort by the Rock-Ola Jukebox Company. Founded in Chicago in 1927 by David C. Rockola, the Rock-Ola Scale Co. quickly grew and began producing other products. In 1932 the name was changed to Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corp. and its list of products included scales, parking meters, pinball machines, and furniture. However, in the eyes of history, the firm became most closely associated with coin-operated jukeboxes. Large numbers of Rock-Ola jukeboxes were in use from the mid-1930s into the 1950s and well beyond and their styling and sound, as well as their iconic Rock-Ola logo, were highly recognizable. In early 1942 Rock-Ola was approached by the U.S. Army Ordnance Department with a request for them to produce M1-Carbine rifles. The rest as they say is history and Rock-Ola branded M1-carbines have become some of the most highly sought after and collectible carbines in the world. These rifles have and are being sold under their original serial numbers and have not been importer re-marked. Overall condition is a solid NRA Good Surplus condition with some at the top end approaching Very Good. We do offer a hand select option for the best of what is available while supplies last, however, we have only a very few rifles total under this SKU. We had the opportunity to inspect these rifles before purchase to assure the grade and quality and are pleased to be able to offer them here. Each rifle ships with one new aftermarket replica of an original 15 round magazine. See a more complete description below by clicking SHOW MORE + for more details and custom options.
M1 Carbine Rifle, .30 Caliber, Semi-Auto, Original U.S. Military rifles manufactured by Rock-Ola Manufacturing Company of Chicago Illinois. Rock-Ola rifles are considered some of the most collectible of all of the M1-Carbine manufacturers and we are proud to be able to offer this very small lot. These rifles are all C & R Eligible.We had the opportunity to inspect these rifles before purchase and each one was chosen based on our grading and criteria. If the rifle did not live up to our grading standard of at least NRA surplus good, or if it failed our mechanical dry fire test, then it was rejected. What we ended up with was a very nice small lot of M1 Carbines. Overall condition as stated previously is a solid NRA Good Surplus condition with some at the top end approaching Very Good. We do offer a Hand Select option for the best cosmetic condition on what rifles remain but in the case of the Rock-Ola's we have a very limited quantity to select from. About the condition - These are surplus rifles that have been stored for a number of years, in their original turn in condition. As such, expect some dings, scratches, nicks, etc, on the wood, and of course varying stages of bluing wear. Having said that, the rifles we selected had to reach a certain minimum threshold that we felt justified the price before we would accept the rifle and we tried to keep our standards pretty high in terms of our cosmetic grading. A few of the rifles may have very minor non-function inhibiting cracks in the furniture but if they exist they have been inspected here and deemed to be not significant enough to adversely affect the grading. We also did a multi-point dry function test to ensure that the rifles would be in good working order. Also, while we never guarantee for bore condition, we did clean several bores and the bores cleaned up quite nicely on all of the guns that we randomly sampled to run a brush through. Frankly, I think we have hit a home run here. Each rifle ships with one new aftermarket replica of an original 15 round magazine. Don't miss this.
