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    I missed out on the Danishicon returns a few years ago but one showed up in a local shop yesterday. Springfield SN#3098815 puts it at August 44, VAR barrel dated 9-61. Op rod is D35382 9 SA, Bolt is D29287 12 S 0 6^, Trigger assembly is D28290 14 SA, Hammer is C46008-5 SA, rear sight knob is NHC, Italianicon parts are gas plug BMB and rear sight PB. Walnut stock has no markings and no dings the front hand guard seems to match and is walnut also ding free.. The rear handguard is walnut but has a minor crack and several dings. The bore is very good but I have not done the specs as of yet. There are a few Danish returns that are in this serial number range according to the data on a CMPicon thread.
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    Did you buy it ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eugene Onegin View Post
    Did you buy it ?
    Yes I did...a friend of mine who works in the gun shop took me aside and I checked it out before it went out on the rack. Priced at $619 I knew it would not last and snagged it at $600 OTD.

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    I'm new to the group and have a Danishicon return that was rebarreled with a VAR. Its a tack driver. I got a deer with it 2 years ago with one round Federal 165gr. Got to use soft nose here in FL. I since got a little education about gas cyl plugs. I'm looking for some more hand holding on this subj. How would you set an adjustable plug? Are those with multiple ports better? What am I looking for here?

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    On either style gas plug, start with a large opening/setting where the rifle will not cycle. Reduce the opening one turn/one size at a time until the rifle reliably functions with that particular ammo. Record that setting & use it with that ammo. Repeat process for other loads.

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    Looks great !!!

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    Thanks Kirk. That makes sense.
    BTW, when mine was delivered, I field stripped it and found a little card with the battle sight zero data in Danishicon. It was under the front hand guard. Zero windage and 2 clicks elevation still works as well for me as it did for that Danish soldier.

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    That is a very clean Dane. Most of the Danish rifles that came into Canadaicon, weren't that pretty. They were mostly mechanically excellent and shot very well but were cosmetically lacking.
    I have one of the Breda made M1s that were made for Denmarkicon. It has a VAR barrel on it as well. The bedding is a work of art. Many of the Danish rifles were stocked with Beech. That one is stocked with some very nice walnut. I wonder if CMPicon, restocked it?
    My Breda has a range card as well as the soldiers serial number. It was glued onto the fore stock bbl channel. It is also stocked with straight, dense grained, heavy, dark walnut.

    I haven't seen Garands from any other country with such cards. It does show how proud the Danes were of those rifles. Of the couple dozen Danish Garands I've seen, they all shot very well. Some were actually inletted under the mag plate and fitted with plastic strips, about 2 inches long and 1/8 wide to tighten up the fit. Worked well from what I could see. Very unique to say the least.

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    bearhunter, If by CMPicon you mean the US Civilian Marksmanship Program, they did not restock your Breda rifle. The CMP did not get any of the Danish made rifles, only the US ones lent to Denmarkicon. The rifles other than the ones returned to the US were sold or destroyed. The ones sold by Denmark went to Canadaicon via commercial means.

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