Government contracts for the production of the U.S. The Winchester design quickly evolved into Army Office of Ordnance preliminary trials in May-June of 1941.Īn improved version was submitted for the final trials in September 1941 but lost out to a design submitted by Winchester. In response to this opportunity, Auto-Ordnance Corporation submitted two models of a light rifle for U.S. weapons manufacturers were given notice of the basic specifications for a light infantry rifle that the War Department was interested in having developed. M1 Carbine and the Auto-Ordnance Corporation In 1940 Auto-Ordnance moved to Bridgeport, CT. In 1939 Auto-Ordnance was acquired by businessman Russell Maguire. The company has been best known for the submachine gun that was named after the company's owner. Post WWII Commercially Manufactured M1 Carbines (U.S.A.)Īuto-Ordnance Corporation was incorporated in Queens, NY in August 1916.
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