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Posted: 4/11/2007 6:28:31 PM EDT
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Just got my first Garand, and it's a Springfield, it has a tag that says " SA VAR 63 D" top to bottom, and the TE is a 1.5, and the ME is a 2.5, i know it is thye VAR barrel, that everyone says is a very accurate barrel, and the serial number on the rifle is 4108XX, which places it made in december 1941, which holds a special meaning to me, since my grandfather was a pearl harbor survivor. The rifle is a CMP Service grade rifle, and the numbers that i have pulled off so far are: Receiver D28291-14 SA and on the lower right side of the receiver, above the serial number there is a "REP 20" and a number 2 near the hole in the receiver where the pin goes through Barrel has the VAR and crown logo on the throat side, and then it has D6535448 2-57 276 and the muzzle side has a DK with a crown, then a number 3, then the letters KOA in a circle closest to the muzzle. Rifling looks good, with a bright bore. Trigger housing 6528290- SA and there looks like a number 50 in the side of the actual trigger, and a SA 11 in the side of the safety Bolt has a D-28287 PB. and in the middle of the extractor has the number 617 on it, but it isn't stamped, it looks either etched, or lightly stamped, not as deep as the other number, and there is a letter "C" on the face of the bolt Op rod Has the number 6535382 SA on it, and i don't see any welds going the length of the tube. The stock has the circle "P" on it, and some kind of cartouche on the side of it, very faint, almost looks like the 3 stars and eagle, but i thought i saw a site that said that the eagle logo wasn't on rifles this early, oh, and it has the rifles serial number stamped on the bottom of the buttstock. Could this be the original stock? Did they stamp the serial numbers in the stock at the factory? or at what point did they do that? The stock and handguard are in overall pretty good shape, there are a few scratches, and 2 small dents, but no cracks, or mismatched colors on the wood, And the parkerizing looks good, and even throughout the rifles metal. Thanks for the help ahead of time, oh, and what would you put for a value on the baby. Here are a few pics i tried to take of it tonight. My camera sucks for picking up the serial numbers, sorry, but you get an idea for the overall conditioning. Well, Photobucket is flaky tonight, so i will add the pics tomorrow, i'm heading to bed. Thanks again folks. |
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Sounds like CMP built up your service grade. You got some really late parts too, that's a good thing, the 65 series op rod and trigger housing were the last us made versions other than replacement part contracts. Your bolt is Italian made by Beretta made for the Danes as replacement parts. Obviously the Danes rebuilt your gun due to the barrel. It probably got rebuilt by the US before we loaned it to the Danes. And with the late 65 series op rod and trigger housing the CMP probably fixed her up again. Your rifle saw some service and got some good care along the way. Of course this is a lot of conjecture, the only thing that's sure is it's a mixmaster of M1 goodness. |
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looks like the only thing on that rifle that is december 41 is the receiver, everything else is a much newer part. the stock could very well be Korean War vintage (especially if it has a DAS stamp on it) as is the oprod. I wouldn't say it's any special collector piece, but it will be one FINE shooting rifle! You know what you have to do. |
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