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Posted: 11/7/2014 7:36:01 PM EDT
Just arrived - really nice Garand but hell, it has paint on the darn handguard! 
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The Brits used red paint to mark rifles that were not .303. But with 4300 posts you know this. :) -- Chuck Hence my
ETA - Thought I'd troll the guys who may not know the story of the Lend Lease Garands. Turnaround is fair play. (Remember I said that) |
I am jealous. With the paint still! And no sanding!!
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Why? Flush nut is correct for that rifle Quoted:
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Too bad it does not have lockbars. Why? Flush nut is correct for that rifle (Smacks self in head) Too true. I got so hung up on the elevation knob I totally missed that. Thanks for keeping me honest. |
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It doesnt look like any of these? <a href="http://s47.photobucket.com/user/Garandlover/media/Follower%20Arms/Picture196.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/Garandlover/Follower%20Arms/Picture196.jpg</a> Those are single bevel and yes, it looks like those. ETA - Okay, I see what you mean now. I need to look again as I thought it was flat.. |
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Here's a quick rear sight reference. My 900,000-series has the lockbar that was an "upgrade" from the early flush nut type.
Note the arsenals were not worried about making "correct" rifles -- they were making rifles. Possible for any earlier part to have come with new rifle and be correct. No way to document it, of course. 
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Did Garands not get British proof marks under Lend-Lease? I had a GI Colt 1911 (sadly it didn't have the original slide or barrel and the dust cover needed repair) that was a Lend-Lease gun and it had Brit proof marks on the R/H side of the frame.. The weapons were not proofed when they arrived in country. British law required weapons be proofed upon export which resulted in the markings seen on the rifles. The Brits exported a lot of weapons as they were sort of the collection point in Europe for returning weapons from across the continent; all were proofed upon export. The lend lease story is longer but the proofs create confusion when discussing a true LL versus a British return (that was also proofed). Confused yet?
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Wow! Beautiful cartouche! The whole rifle looks nice. 
CMP gun? No, not a CMP gun. Generally, the first few batches of Garands returned to the US went to Kliens and Interarms and were sold in the 1950's and early '60's. Many of those early returns were LL rifles and ended up in some guys hands when he plunked over $29-$59 for one. You can never say never, but I don't think DCM received any of these returns back in the day. |
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follower arm on left in Flat Faced , middle- Double Faced (used for a short time), on right - Late style that was used through end of production. That's interesting as I really believe this LL is stone cold original. The hammer spring housing, op rod catch and accelerator are in the white. |
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The weapons were not proofed when they arrived in country. British law required weapons be proofed upon export which resulted in the markings seen on the rifles. The Brits exported a lot of weapons as they were sort of the collection point in Europe for returning weapons from across the continent; all were proofed upon export. The lend lease story is longer but the proofs create confusion when discussing a true LL versus a British return (that was also proofed). Confused yet? Quoted:
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Did Garands not get British proof marks under Lend-Lease? I had a GI Colt 1911 (sadly it didn't have the original slide or barrel and the dust cover needed repair) that was a Lend-Lease gun and it had Brit proof marks on the R/H side of the frame.. The weapons were not proofed when they arrived in country. British law required weapons be proofed upon export which resulted in the markings seen on the rifles. The Brits exported a lot of weapons as they were sort of the collection point in Europe for returning weapons from across the continent; all were proofed upon export. The lend lease story is longer but the proofs create confusion when discussing a true LL versus a British return (that was also proofed). Confused yet? That is odd. It was a Property marked frame, so I'm curious why it would have gone through export channels... But I guess maybe the same way many GI 1911's ended up as being backs., |
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