Inland M1 Carbine Receiver Stamp Hat

Built by Detroit. Carried by GIs. The Inland M1 Carbine is one of the great American industrial stories of WWII — built not by an arms manufacturer, but by the Inland Manufacturing Division of General Motors, retooled from making automotive parts to producing roughly 2.6 million light semi-automatic rifles in barely four years. That was about forty-three percent of the entire WWII M1 Carbine production run, making the Inland receiver stamp the most common, most authentic, and most often-found marking when a collector flips a vintage carbine over and reads the receiver. From Inland-built carbines came the rifles of paratroopers jumping into Normandy with the M1A1 folding-stock variant, the second-line officers and tank crews, the Audie Murphys and the Easy Company men, and decades later the carbines on CMP racks and in glass-front gun cabinets across America. This hat puts that legacy on your head — the auto-plant origin, the wartime production miracle, and the receiver stamp that means this one was built by GM. Built for M1 Carbine collectors, CMP carbine match shooters, .30 Carbine reloaders, WWII reenactors, paratrooper history readers, Korean War veteran families, milsurp researchers, and anyone who's ever flipped over an M1 Carbine and read "INLAND DIV. — GENERAL MOTORS" stamped on the receiver.

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Printed on the Port & Company CP80 six-panel twill cap — a structured, mid-profile classic with a hook-and-loop adjustable closure for one-size-fits-most fit. 100% cotton twill construction. Available in two colors: Olive Drab Green (the Army's color) and Black. Ships in 2-4 business days from North Carolina.

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