Miss-stamped Drawing numbers?

[EarlB]

Have you guys ever seen miss stamped drawing numbers before?

I purchased a January 1943 Springfield Armory garand that has an uncut 6 SA oprod.

The attached pic clearly shows an uncut 6 SA oprod with what I believe is the original wartime finish. It isn't a repro. But strangely the drawing number is D35385 instead of D 35382. I figure it was just a misstamp that they didn't catch?

Thanks,
Earl

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[RCS]

Attachment 14152Attachment 14153revision number 1, 2 and 3 operating rods are have the same D35382

[Bill Hollinger]

RCS, is that your keystone springed Garand? Wow! That is like torture! Beautiful! Thanks, I've only ever seen one and I've never seen the secondary spring or whatever they call it.

[EarlB]

Thanks for the pics RCS....I have alot to learn, I've never see a garand with that type of spring in it.

I posted this question up on a couple of other Garand boards and have seen a few other interesting photos. Strange that Duff and the others don't mention some of the oddities one might encounter. But then I imagine if one went down that road with 6 million made there'd be enough "oddities" to fill a volume or two.

Earl

[Ramboueille]

Thanks for the pics RCS....I have alot to learn, I've never see a garand with that type of spring in it.

I posted this question up on a couple of other Garand boards and have seen a few other interesting photos. Strange that Duff and the others don't mention some of the oddities one might encounter. But then I imagine if one went down that road with 6 million made there'd be enough "oddities" to fill a volume or two.

Earl

Earl,

Mis-marked parts aren't common but if one kept photos of all found, you could write a book that could stand on its own.

[Joe W]

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