Golden State Arms, National Ordnance, Federal Ordnance, Brikley Trading company were the names used by the same outfit in South El Monte, CA. The receiver was just a nice way to keep a parts kit all in one place. I always felt the NO rifles were worth the sum of their parts minus receiver. Wish I could be more help, but that's all I got. M1 carbine (garbage) but I have seen 2 M1903s with the same N.O. somehow connected with Bannerman and weapons were sold to 3rd world countries.Īt some point I read or heard that N.O. Yeah, It's a whopper of a story, but one that's been around a long time.Īnother story had N.O. One even went so far as stating that M1903s/A3s, M1 Carbines, M1 Garands and other weapons with National Ordnance markings were used for the Bay of Pigs so the weapons would not be directly connected to the US military. There have been a lot of stories regarding National Ordnance. I honestly don't remember if GI parts were used or mix of GI and commercial. In fact, that carbine turned me off to M1 Carbines all together. I knew it wasn't a Plainfield so took the chance.I could not get it to be reliable. I was uneducated on carbines back then and thought it was USGI. I had a National Ordnance M1 carbine years ago.
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