30 CARBINE - AN OVERVIEW

Jeff Cooper, founder of the American Pistol Institute (API; now known as Gunsite Academy) and the man who launched the overall-objective Scout rifle strategy, wasn't a fan of the M1 Carbine or even the cartridge. In a 1966 write-up, he wrote which the M1 was, “… an make an effort to switch the pistol for armed service staff who couldn't pack a