Three IHC Data Sheets

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I keep the M1 Garand Honor Guard rifles serviced for the local VFW/Legion Club here in town and I decided to make data sheets on them. They have ten rifles, three IHCs, three H&Rs, and four SAs. When I was filling out the sheets on the IHCs I noticed the dates on two of the barrels were more than the normal three or so months difference from the estimated reciever manufacture dates. In fact one has a SA barrel that is dated quite a bit earlier than when the rifle was built, and I can't see anything physical on the rifle that indicates it wasn't installed at the IHC plant when the rifle was assembled. I know that sometimes material shortages and rejected parts made it necessary to aquire these items from one of the other factories but I have never seen a SA barrel on an IHC. Another thing that is interestng is how close the three serial numbers are, a span of 5,229 rifles, roughly ten days or so worth of production. According to production figures all three of these rifles should have been assembled in early 1955. Of the two with LMR barrels, the higher serial number rifle has a barrel dated one month earlier than the lowest serial numbered reciever. No wonder it's so difficult to figure out what is correct and what isn't.

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