{"id":7888,"date":"2019-11-14T18:04:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T23:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/?p=7888"},"modified":"2019-11-22T12:37:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T17:37:50","slug":"using-the-m1-carbine-for-self-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/using-the-m1-carbine-for-self-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Using The M1 Carbine for Self-Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are there any good reasons to rely on a 75 year old piece of history like the M1 Carbine for personal protection in the modern world? Sure, why not!? In Part 3 of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/category\/m1-carbine\/\">series on the M1 Carbine<\/a>, I&#8217;m going over some of the obvious and not so obvious reasons this old war horse might still be relevant today. I&#8217;m also looking at a couple of upgrades for the M1 Carbine that help make it more like a true 21st century fighting tool.<\/p> <p>Details are in the video below, or scroll down to read the full transcript.<\/p> <div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script><\/p> <noscript class=\"idle-load\"><div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"> <div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;\"> <div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_acj1jclfsb dnt=1 videoFoam=true\" style=\"height:100%;position:relative;width:100%\"> <div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0;transition:opacity 200ms;width:100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/acj1jclfsb\/swatch\" style=\"filter:blur(5px);height:100%;object-fit:contain;width:100%;\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" onload=\"this.parentNode.style.opacity=1;\" \/><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/noscript> <\/div> <hr \/> <p>Today, in the third part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/category\/m1-carbine\/\">series on the M1 Carbine<\/a>, we are looking at using this rifle in the role of self-defense. Does it make sense for the average \u201cregular person\u201d for personal protection in their home or their business?<\/p> <p>If you missed the first two parts of this series, we covered the background and history of this gun in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/why-i-really-like-the-m1-carbine\/\">Part 1<\/a>. You might want to go check that out. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/30-carbine-ammo-testing\/\">the second part<\/a>, we looked at the ballistics of the .30 Carbine cartridge.<\/p> <p>So naturally, a lot of people are going to be wondering how the M1 Carbine stacks up against the other options we have available today for a home defense kind of role. We\u2019re going to look at the \u201cwhy,\u201d the pros and the cons, and then maybe a few things you can do to modify these things to make them a little more suitable for home defense.<\/p> <h3><strong>Is the M1 Carbine Still Relevant?<\/strong><\/h3> <p>Why would anyone want to rely on an M1 Carbine for home defense in the year 2019? Well, we know the cartridge itself is pretty effective. It\u2019s a lightweight gun with very light recoil. It\u2019s easy to use and easy to teach someone how to use, even if they\u2019re not really a shooting enthusiast. So in that respect, it checks a lot of the boxes that we look for in a well-rounded home-defense gun.<\/p> <p>But an AR-15 also checks all of those same boxes and then some. It is more ergonomic than the M1 Carbine. It\u2019s got better ammunition that\u2019s also more affordable. It\u2019s much easier to accessorize, and it&#8217;s more reliable and durable. And it\u2019s not going to cost any more than an M1 Carbine, either. So it doesn\u2019t seem to make a lot of sense to rely on a 75 year old piece of history to defend yourself when there&#8217;s a much more capable weapon readily available.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/chris-m1-carbine-rmr.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7894 size-full\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/chris-m1-carbine-rmr.jpg\" alt=\"Shooting the M1 Carbine with a red dot sight\" width=\"1200\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/chris-m1-carbine-rmr.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/chris-m1-carbine-rmr-600x376.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/chris-m1-carbine-rmr-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/chris-m1-carbine-rmr-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/chris-m1-carbine-rmr-350x219.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>However, there are a lot of good reasons someone might want to use an M1 Carbine for self-defense. The first is that, for a lot of people, self-defense is not their primary reason for owning the gun. They like the history of the M1 Carbine. They enjoy shooting it &#8212; it\u2019s a lot of fun at the range and feel competent and confident with it. Not everyone wants to own a different gun for every purpose that they might need a gun for. So for a lot of people, it\u2019s just a fun gun and why not keep it in the closet just in case? I would not criticize anyone for making that decision as long as they knew that the gun was reliable and they knew how to use it competently.<\/p> <p>There are some more practical reasons for relying on an M1 Carbine. One of them is that, for a lot of people, their local range might not allow them to fire \u201creal\u201d rifle cartridges like .223\/5.56 with an AR-15. But they might allow an M1 Carbine since its ballistics are closer to a pistol cartridge. As an added bonus, you still get a cartridge that is a little more effective than the average pistol caliber. It\u2019s almost rifle ballistics with a carbine that\u2019s a little more indoor range-friendly.<\/p> <p>That\u2019s a big advantage for a lot of people if they\u2019ve only got one place to practice in their town. That\u2019s becoming more and more common. Outdoor ranges are just not accessible for a lot of people. The M1 Carbine is a bit more indoor range friendly if that\u2019s your only choice.<\/p> <p>Probably the most compelling reason to consider an M1 Carbine is that, in a lot of places in this country, an AR-15 is not legal where an M1 Carbine is. In some places, they are <em>both<\/em> illegal. New Jersey has specifically outlawed the M1 Carbine which is both un-American and really unfortunate. But if you live in one of those states where you can&#8217;t get an AR-15 but you can get an M1 Carbine, it is a viable option.<\/p> <p>Another thing that\u2019s easy to overlook is that, in some places, an AR-15 might technically be legal, but you have to consider how it\u2019s going to be perceived. Even if you have a completely justified self-defense shooting, you have to consider that there\u2019s going to be law enforcement responding, there\u2019s going to be a DA looking at that case. If it ends up going to trial, there\u2019s going to be a jury that\u2019s considering it.<\/p> <p>If you live in an area where people are likely to look at an AR-15 and automatically assume you\u2019re the bad guy, it might work in your favor to have used a gun that\u2019s got a traditional-looking wood stock. A rifle that your grandaddy carried in the \u201cgood\u201d war. In some cases, that might give you a little bit of an edge from a public relations standpoint. I\u2019m not saying that it should be that way, but that\u2019s just reality in a lot of places. Of course, there are no guarantees, but it\u2019s a little harder to vilify a gun like the M1 Carbine than a modern \u201cevil black rifle.\u201d<\/p> <h3><strong>Other AR-15 Alternatives<\/strong><\/h3> <p>There are plenty of other alternatives to an AR. One that a lot of people have mentioned already is the Ruger Mini-14. I\u2019m not a huge fan of the Mini-14. I\u2019m not going to go into a whole lot of detail today. Greg Ellifritz has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activeresponsetraining.net\/hating-on-the-ruger-mini-14\">a great article on his blog<\/a> where he goes through each of the points I would probably mention about the shortcomings of the Mini-14. That\u2019s not to say the M1 Carbine doesn\u2019t have its own problems. And a lot of them are the same problems. But the Mini-14 doesn\u2019t have the history or the charm of the M1 Carbine and it\u2019s got some issues that I think make it an inferior rifle.<\/p> <p>Having said that, I am probably a little biased. I owned a Mini-14 for a while and had a bad experience. If you\u2019ve got one that works, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s a fine choice for home-defense.<\/p> <p>If you\u2019re just looking for a gun that is not an AR-15 &#8212; not a modern-looking rifle &#8212; that\u2019s easy to use and easy to teach a beginner to use, I would suggest, instead of an M1 Carbine or the Mini-14, the Ruger PC Carbine. This is a 9mm carbine that takes Glock magazines. It\u2019s about $500. It\u2019s pretty good to go right out of the box, you don\u2019t need to do a whole lot to them.<\/p> <p>The PC Carbine not as fun as an M1 Carbine, but it\u2019s got a lot of the same features. It\u2019s low recoil and fairly lightweight. It has a nice set of ghost ring sights on it. There\u2019s a rail built into the receiver if you want to put optics on it. For a \u201chere\u2019s a home-defense carbine that\u2019s cheap and easy to use,\u201d I would go with something like this. If the history thing is not important to you or you don\u2019t want to shell out the money required for a reliable M1 Carbine, look into the Ruger PC Carbine.<\/p> <h3><strong>M1 Carbine Updates and Upgrades<\/strong><\/h3> <p>If you\u2019ve decided the M1 Carbine is your go-to home defense gun, there are a few things you can do to bring it up to date a little bit. The biggest one, I think, is the addition of a picatinny rail. I\u2019ll get to that in just a minute. There are a couple of other things I\u2019ve got on here.<\/p> <h4><strong>Sling<\/strong><\/h4> <p>First is this sling. I\u2019m kind of neutral on the issue of slings on home-defense guns. I don\u2019t think they\u2019re essential by any means but some people really like them. If you do want a sling on your home defense gun, you probably want a modern sling like this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vikingtactics.com\/product-p\/vtac-mk1.htm\">VTAC 2-point sling<\/a>. The GI sling is really just a canvas carry strap. It\u2019s fine for putting the gun around your shoulder and walking around with it. But for home defense, if you like having a sling, it\u2019s so you can go hands-free. A modern sling like this one lets you shoulder the gun while you\u2019re wearing the sling and then, if you need to use your hands for something else, you just grab the quick-adjustment strap. Now, I can do whatever else I may need to do without having to put the gun on the ground.<\/p> <p>As you can see, there is no problem attaching a modern sling to the M1 Carbine. You just use the attachment points the gun already has; the sling swivel here on the barrel band and the sling and oiler slot in the stock.<\/p> <h4><strong>Stock Pouch<\/strong><\/h4> <p>I\u2019ve also got a stock pouch back here. This one is from <a href=\"https:\/\/olongapooutfitters.com\/equipment-and-gear\/garand-stock-pouch-clone\/\">Ologapo Outfitters<\/a>. There are a ton of GI-type stock pouches out there &#8212; originals and reproductions. They are canvas and they\u2019re fine for just keeping a couple of magazines on the gun. But this one is made from a more modern material. It\u2019s some kind of nylon. It\u2019s not going to hold moisture as much as the canvas and it will probably last a little bit longer. This is definitely not necessary for a home-defense gun, it\u2019s just kind of a nice thing to have. I like having a stock pouch on the gun because, if I take the gun to the range and I forget to pack magazines in my range bag, I\u2019ve at least got the two mags that are on the buttstock.<\/p><p><\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/chris-m1-carbine-rmr-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7895 size-full\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/chris-m1-carbine-rmr-2.jpg\" alt=\"M1 Carbine with Ultimak rail and Trijicon RMR\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/chris-m1-carbine-rmr-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/chris-m1-carbine-rmr-2-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/chris-m1-carbine-rmr-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/chris-m1-carbine-rmr-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/chris-m1-carbine-rmr-2-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>Like the GI mag pouches, this one holds two 15-round magazines. It\u2019s got flaps with a velcro closure instead of snaps. Again, it\u2019s not really a home-defense-specific accessory. Really, it\u2019s just something I thought was cool and I think Ologapo Outfitters makes good stuff. They also make belt pouches for M1 Carbine magazines and, I think, a chest rig as well<strong>.<\/strong><\/p> <h4><strong>Lights and Optics<\/strong><\/h4> <p>Now, the optics rail &#8212; a lot of people are going to hate this because it makes the rifle look different. It takes away from that traditional look and feel. Some people are going to call it blasphemy. That\u2019s fine. I get it. If you want to keep your rifle original, by all means, do it. But for a rifle that\u2019s already really handy and shootable, I think a red dot enhances the utility of it. Adding the optics rail doesn\u2019t require any permanent modifications to the gun. It simply replaces the top portion of the forend.<\/p> <p>This rail is made by <a href=\"http:\/\/ultimak.com\/M6.htm\">Ultimak<\/a>. They\u2019ve been making these for several years and by all accounts, it\u2019s a quality piece of hardware. I certainly haven\u2019t had any problems with this one. I\u2019ve just got a little Trijicon RMR on here, but for home defense, you could also attach an offset light mount. I would consider that a pretty important addition if you were going to use this for your home. No matter what rifle you\u2019re using (or firearm in general), you need to have a way to positively identify your target. Some people have their home set up so that there\u2019s a certain light they leave on at night. That\u2019s fine, too. Whatever the case, you want to make sure you\u2019re not just shooting at shapes in the dark. You have to be able to see your target before you shoot at it. Rule Four, right?<\/p> <p>Some people aren\u2019t on board with optics, but if you\u2019ve used red dots extensively, then I don\u2019t have to tell you just how much utility they add to a long gun. It makes it much easier to shoot quickly and accurately, especially on up-close targets. Just for fun, I did a few drills anyway. I made up a quick little drill &#8212; basically, a double failure drill. Body-body-head on one target and then body-body-head on another target, both at 10 yards. I was, on average, 30% faster with the optic than with the iron sights. Then, as it got dark and the lighting conditions were more like they would probably be inside my house at twilight, the optic was actually twice as fast as the iron sights.<\/p> <p>I had almost no misses with the optic-equipped carbine. But with the iron sights only carbine, I was throwing shots every once and a while, particularly when I couldn\u2019t find the front sight quickly enough through the small aperture.<\/p> <p>If you don\u2019t like the idea of putting an optic on this thing and don\u2019t want to spoil the looks of it, one option that might work is a ghost ring sight. I think this gun is a prime candidate for that. I haven\u2019t seen where anyone has actually done it. I&#8217;m unsure if you can buy a ghost ring sight ready to go for the M1 Carbine. You <em>could<\/em> simply drill out the rear aperture. Unfortunately, you can\u2019t remove the aperture itself from the rear sight assembly. The whole rear sight assembly has to stay together as one unit. So you\u2019d have to replace the whole assembly if you didn\u2019t want to modify your original rear sight. But I don\u2019t see any reason why it wouldn\u2019t work.<\/p> <p>If one of you guys has tried that or if you want to try it, let me know how it goes. I would love to hear how it worked out for you. I think it would be great for up-close shooting. You could acquire that front sight much quicker through a larger aperture and you wouldn\u2019t lose much accuracy out to about 100 yards or so.<\/p> <p>Before you start messing with the sights or decide to put optics on an M1 Carbine to make it a better self-defense gun, there is something else you should probably pay more attention to and that is reliability. Reliability should be a top priority for any self-defense gun. It\u2019s also not something the M1 Carbine is known for. Fortunately, there are some things you can do to get an M1 Carbine to run relatively trouble-free. But I\u2019ve talked enough for today, so I think we\u2019re going to stretch this series out into four parts. I\u2019m going to address reliability in the next part, so be looking out for that.<\/p> <p>Of course, in the meantime, you can buy all the ammo you would ever need with lightning-fast shipping from us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\">LuckyGunner.com<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are there any good reasons to rely on a 75 year old piece of history like the M1 Carbine for &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/using-the-m1-carbine-for-self-defense\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[401],"tags":[400,20,63],"class_list":["post-7888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-m1-carbine","tag-30-carbine","tag-home-defense","tag-m1-carbine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Using The M1 Carbine for Self-Defense - Lucky Gunner Lounge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are there any good reasons to rely on a 75 year old piece of history like the M1 Carbine for personal protection in the modern world? 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