Marlin made goverment M1 carbines

[SHOOTINGFURFUN]

From what dates did Marlin manufacture M1 carbines for the service? I have 2 M1's one made by Rock-ola and the other by marlin.
where can I retrive info on the date of manufacture by the serial number
Thanks in advance,

Mike Patzek
here is some other info,
stamped in is as follows:
(top of barrel by front sight)
MARLIN

(bottom of barrel top of reciever)
U.S. CARBINE
CAL .30 M1

(in front of rear sight)
4792767

(behind rear sight)
QUALITY H.M.C
4792767

(stamped on stock)
345

(by stock screw)
w (OR) m

(in front of trigger guard)
9

(front barrel band)
JI

any info would be great

[SteveW]

Marlin did not make M1 carbine receivers - just parts like barrels, handguards and certain internal parts. I'm not sure if receiver makers like National Postal Meter made their own barrels or not, but Marlin barrels are often seen on NPM receivers.

The name by the rear sight is the actual manufacturer of the receiver - the barrel maker will be by the front sight as you have seen.

Marlin made around 314,000 M1 carbine barrels from April 1943 to April of 1944. "Most of Marlin's production went into the spare parts system of the Ordnance Dept.".
SW