Post WWII Commercially Manufactured M1 Carbines (U.S.A.)

Overview In War Baby Comes Home p. 729 Larry Ruth reports having received information on three carbines with the receiver marked Global Arms, with a three digit serial number. Two had barrels marked MOCO (Millville Ordnance), one had a GI barrel. The receiver area behind the rear sight, where the Global Arms marking appears, is a flat surface, versus the normal rounded surface. Ruth indicates nothing is known about this company. MOCO (Millville Ordnance Company) was located in Union, NJ 1960-1962. They sold their own M1 carbines with the MOCO name on the receiver and barrel. They also sold receivers, barrels, and barreled receivers. The receivers used by MOCO were not the same receivers used by Global Arms. MOCO barrels were no longer manufactured or sold after 1962. All of the Global Arms receivers located so far have the initials AMC on the bottom in front of the lug the trigger housing pins too (see below). These letters and the flat top of the receivers identify them as having been made 1960/1961 by Advance Metal Products, Inc. of Miami, FL, also known as AMPCO. Bullseye Gun Works incorporated in Miami, FL in 1960 with the intent of manufacturing .30 cal carbines. AMPCO was contracted to manufacture and machine Bullseye's first carbine receivers. On receiving their first AMPCO receivers Bullseye opted not to use them and found another source. AMPCO appears to have continued receiver production after their receivers were rejected by Bullseye, running an advertisement for new carbine receivers in the November 1960 issue of The American Rifleman. It appears likely whoever or whatever company used the name of Global Arms bought their receivers from AMPCO and barrels from Millville Ordnance then assembled them into carbines using surplus GI parts. Refer to the pages on AMPCO and Bullseye for further details on those companies and the carbines they made. The lowest Global Arms receiver serial number found so far is 168, the highest is 377. The Receiver The flat area behind the rear sight is a very unique feature on these receivers. The only other receivers with a flat surface in this area were those with the AMPCO name, and can be observed on the page devoted to AMPCO. Another unique feature on the Global Arms receivers are the manner in which the company name was placed into the metal. Normally this information is stamped. In this case the name has been roughly cut into the receiver. The following photographs have been provided courtesy of Larry Ruth Bottom of receiver, letters forward of the front lug for the trigger housing Companies that have been ruled out The importer/exporter SAMCO incorporated in Florida September 1980 at 6995 N.W. 43rd St, Miami, FL 33166. The owner was Ghulam Dossul. In December 1987 the company changed it's name to SAMCO Global Arms. The company is no longer in business. Prior, contact was made with the owner by Larry Ruth (author War Baby!) and it was determined this company did not produce the Global Arms M1 carbine. In the April 1962 issue of The American Rifleman there appears an advertisement for an M1 carbine by Globe Firearms, a Division of Revere Supply Company, Inc. located at 30 Front St., New York, NY. Globe Firearms Ltd was incorporated in Canada in April 1952. They were located in Ontario until late 1958 when they moved across the lake to Ogdensburg, NY using the name Globe Firearms Company. Many people know this company from the volume of Enfield's and Springfield 1903's they built on commercially manufactured receivers. It is not known if Globe Firearms of Canada assembled their rifles themselves, or bought them already assembled. By July 1960 Globe Firearms had relocated to 30 Front St. in New York City and was indicated as a division of Revere Supply Company. Revere Supply Company is a family owned and operated company that manufactured various items for the U.S. military during WWII while based in New York State. Revere Supply was best known as Kaufman Surplus & Arms, with three retail stores in New York City in the 1960's. The rifles sold by Globe Firearms after it was acquired by the Kaufman family were surplus military rifles and "sporterized" versions made from surplus military parts and commercially produced receivers. The below advertisement is from The American Rifleman issue of July 1962. Globe Firearms, not Global Arms The M1 carbine depicted in all of the Globe Firearms and Kaufman Surplus advertisements is the Universal Firearms M1 carbine. They also sold carbines manufactured by National Ordnance. The M1 Garand and Springfield 1903 rifles sold by Globe Firearms and Kaufman Surplus were obtained from the Santa Fe Division of Golden State Arms in Pasadena, California and National Ordnance. For further information on Golden State Arms and their Santa Fe Division, refer to the page on Santa Fe. For further on National Ordnance refer to their web page. Globe Firearms ceased doing business in the late 1960's. Revere Supply is still in business and located in Florida.