His appeals had finally been denied and the case caught up with him. In early 1962 Charles Colle was taken into custody to begin serving a sentence in a Federal penitentiary. The Transition from Machine Shop to Gun Manufacturer: The H&S M1 Carbines Through the April 1962 issue (deadline for the April issue was February 15th). The carbine was first advertised in the October 1961 issue of Shooting Times magazine and advertisements continued The later ads during this time period announced an upcoming all new MOCO carbine. 30 caliber carbine barrels referred to as Millville Ordnance advertisements in Shooting Times magazine in 1960 and until October 1961 advertised various parts that included parts for the U.S. Plainfield Machine sometime after opening his store in Union, NJ. Given the distance between Millville and Middlesex it is likely Colle contracted It is not known exactly when Charles Colle initially contacted or contracted Plainfield Machine for work on M1 Carbine receivers and barrels. Sold retail from his sporting goods store Millville Weapons. During the trial and appeal of his subsequent conviction Colle did mail order business as Millville Ordnance and The weapons were intended to be used byīatista's forces in an attempt to retake Cuba (for further info refer to the page devoted to Millville Ordnance).
In June 1959 Colle and others were indicted in Miami for attempting to smuggle small arms and ammunition to Batista, who had fled to the Dominican Republic after the fall of Cuba to Castro. According to family members of Colle, he did not have the skills or machinery to make barrels, weld receivers, or manufacture other parts he needed to make surplus weapons functional. Receivers sold as scrap by the government. GI Carbines from parts using demilled (cut) Along with many other weapons, Colle had assembled U.S. To opening the sporting goods store, Colle had operated a military surplus business from a warehouse behind his home in Millville, NJ (100+ miles south of Middlesex). The store was a retail outlet for the owner of Millville Ordnance, Charles Colle. In 1959 or 1960 a sporting goods store named Millville Weapons was opened in Union, NJ, sixteen miles northeast of Plainfield Machine Company.
Of William Haas his father and his uncle (Storck) had no experience with the manufacturing of firearms or firearm components during these years. Between 19 they were contracted by various different companies for all types of machining. Haas and Storck wereīrother-in-laws by marriage, having married sisters and Alice and Louise Castro (respectively). Their articles of incorporation stated they would be operating a machine shop. Plainfield Machine Company was incorporated by machinists William Haas and William Storck in New Jersey on February 20, 1951. Carbines are presented in four different sections, each consisting of one or more pages. Post WWII Commercially Manufactured M1 Carbines (U.S.A.)
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