At one time, this Garand stock set was NM’d.
The front two screws where were the front hand guard was glued/screwed to the middle band to prevent the hand guard from contacting the front band.
If these two came from CMP this way, either the middle band on the barrel was replaced with an un-drilled one and the gas cylinder was replaced*, or somewhere down the line the action/stock were separated.
*Check the cylinder bottom bayonet lug to see if it was NM’d (narrowed to not contact the front hand guard clip.
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Recon_Rabbit
Now, not to burst your bubble, the rifle does look good, but you’re going to have problems on the new stock.
The rear hand guard should not be touching the front of the receiver nor make contact with the lower stock. With the tightness you have now against the receiver, the hand guard is going to crack. Also, with the rear hand guard touching the stock, this will cause changes in barrel harmonics/shot stringing (tension of the guard against the receiver will cause the same).
Looking at the cylinder to front hand guard, here too the fit is too tight and will cause stringing. Again, you do not want the gas cylinder tight against the front of the hand guard or you will end up with shot stringing. Since the correct fit is for the two to be loose, in NM’g, the hand guard is glued/screwed to attach it to the middle band so it does not make front contact as it moves around.