Looks like that spring found a nice home.
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Looks like that spring found a nice home.
I was in the USMC from 1956 to 1959. The type of Poncho in use at that time had green camo on one side and brown on the other. They were fairly stiff, even at that time. They were carried folded over...
Thanks Robert, that was my thought also. The straps just looked to good to be over 75 years old but were a good quality reproduction. The scabbard itself looks good. Hope your doing well. I am doing...
Not sure this is the proper place to ask a question that is related to the M1 Garand. A friend recently gave me the M1938 Scabbard as a gift. He said he had seen it advertised and thought it would be...
The current GCA Journal is getting a lot of good press over on the CMP Forum. All posts are positive and all have nothing but good to say about the current edition. While all editions are top notch...
Lots of good press for the current issue of the GCA Journal on the CMP Forum. Not one negative comment. Always a great job but this one seems above expectations. :clap::cheers:
And this one is prettier than many. Based on the "Requisition Date" and "Date Material Required" shown on the DD 1149, it looks as though this rifle was shipped to the original owner in Sept./Oct....
The rifle I have has a 1951 NM marked barrel containing the 1960 code (diamond with flattened points). It has a few latter upgrades such as a 77 SA NM marked op rod and hooded rear sight aperture....
This would be my pick also. Duff's books, while dated, are still the best around. And no way can Pyle's book on the gas trap be beat.
no4mk1t - Thanks for your helpful reply. Do you know if the AMU members still serve as coaches during Small Arms Firing School at Perry ? I am thinking that if they do, some or all, of the 59 rifles...
About 3 years ago I purchased a NM rifle on G.B. It looked ok and did have a SRS hit as having been in storage at Camp Perry in 1982. I latter found out that the rifle was a Army Team rifle obtained...
Plus possibly another 500 SA's in the 6.1 range (6100000 - 6100499)
Mine had what I believed to be the original 4 of 56 SA barrel. I suspected that CMP had it refinished but I could never find out for sure. One thing for certain, it did not have that finish when it...
I just sold a 6.08 about 2 weeks ago for $ 1050.00. I had bought it at Anniston in 2012 for $ 675.00. It was a nice looking rifle but did not fit my collecting tastes as it was rebuilt by CMP from...
Here's one that sold a few days ago for $ 3125.00. Though it was a NM rifle and less than 700 from the highest serial number known. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/750318116.
Good question. I didn't know SA used any contract stocks during WW2. Looking forward to an answer from someone.
Robert, I guess these are the 4 known 6.1 SA's in 2007 less the bare receiver.
6100202, 6100256, 6100297, 6100499 ( purchased from DCM by Roger Miner in 1958)
According to the 2007 article by...
Robert, In the Summer 2007 GCA Journal the "Featured Rifle" article, " The Mysterious 6100202", by Bob Seijas, will give you some insight into these 6.1 receivers/rifles. At the time of the 2007...
Thanks Bob. I had left my N.C. summer home having my mail forwarded as of 10/3. I have also changed my future mailing address with the GCA so the Winter issue will not be a problem. The Fall Journal...
Has the Fall GCA Journal been sent out and if so, about when ?? Thanks
I know of someone that enlisted in the U.S. Army at Ft. Snelling, Mn. in April of 1944. His serial number was 37593965. It would appear that the number on the Field Manual you mentioned, if a...
Yes, my 1955 "Guidebook for Marines" states " The effective range of the M1 rifle is considered to be about 500 yards." The reason being " that was the limit of a soldier being able to identify an...
Deleted post, just realized this post started 8 years ago and I was answering a very old question.
If you know little of the M1 rifle from a collectors view point you should first get a good book and learn how to identify the correct parts for the period of manufacture. I would advise you to get...
While in the Marine Corps I was stationed TAD at the Camp Lejeune Rifle Range armory for about 6 months. There was a WW2 veteran M/Sgt in charge and he had told us that if we came across any parts...