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I would go with Reisch for identifying which parts by serial number. War Baby by Ruth (expensive) for the history and a lot of parts ID info is excellent. For Accessories, War Baby comes home is great. The Complete guide to the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine by Canfield is quite useful. For maintenance/trouble shooting, and build dates, go with The M1 Carbine Owner's Guide by Ruth and Duff. As far as Harrison's book is concerned, I use it for some parts identification, BUT don't rely on it to be correct. The blank pages at the back are good for notes and errata. That is about it for that book. I turely feel that he did a huge disservice to carbines. Because of the misinformation in that book, a large number of original/correct carbines were changed to match his errors. And he even refused to make changes after presented with evidence of the errors. For example: he was shown contract info on the RI/3 M1A1 pistol grips and 7/4 rivets. He still claimed in his last book that these were post WWII. The 7/4 rivets were WWII era Harley Davidson motorcycle brake shoe rivets and the RI/3 pistol grip was manufactured by Richardson manufacturing in 1944. So like I said, the best use of that book is to level a table that has a short leg.
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