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USMC assembled M2 .22 service rifle?
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Originally Posted by
RCS
You did neglect to show a barrel date and serial number in your posting.
Oh I didn't know it was essential for me to provide that information.
M2 serial number 8523, barrel date 4-37.
I could certainly see it being built. A marine style buttplate on a Marine stock isn't that surprising. But to see those traits coupled with vise marks on the barrel, something that would be avoided by a modern gunsmith, is surprising to me. Who knows?
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I believe it is surmised that the USMC barrels with vise marks were all installed at the same depot at approximately the same time as a part of a specific rebuild program in the early days of WW2. The experts claim they can validate the vise marks as they were all made with the same vise and exhibit a certain pattern.
The oddity here is this being a .22 barrel. I think if it is legitimately a USMC built rifle, there would be other known examples with similar characteristics. There is one expert on the M2 rifles who goes by ESWL (I think) on the CMP forums.
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