I bought one when I was 18, sold it when I was 22. It was the least accurate rifle I every owned. I had a hard time getting anything smaller than a 10" group at 100 yards. I bought it to shoot coyotes after chasing them with a truck over beanfields. Never hit a coyote with it, shot at many.
It was a replacement for the
pistol.
Pistol. Not meant for long ranges. Mine did better than 10MOA most of the time. I found mine were fairly wind-sensitive at "stretched" ranges. I did try reloading them with those 100 grain plinkers by (manufacturer) and found that was a waste of powder and primers.
I can't help but agree that Audie Murphy would prefer an M4. If he could get one. But one good feature of the Carbine nowadays is it isn't an EBR, and wouldn't threaten too many people into shivering hysteria. I bet most non-gun people would think it was just a .22 by looking at it.
Dogmush, what joke are you talking about?
K-Frame, I'll leave your remark about inflation having nothing to do with gun prices all alone. I'm just not sure what your underlying meaning was. All prices are a result of the "Ohm's law" of supply and demand, but in the context of 1945 dollars versus 2021 dollars, i.e., dollars with a low value compared to 1945's.