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    2.5 mil Springfield ?'s

    There is a Springfield SN#2507110 in a local shop..I think this would be 1943. It has a 2-51SA barrel that looks great.. No import stamp All of the parts are SA but I did not write down the drawing numbers. The stock is walnut, all matching as far as finish..but no cartouches....after market? I was wondering about the parked finish. There is slight pitting along the woodline and on the side of the FCG that has been parked over pitting.. The park color is more of a medium charcoal color. Is there one arsenal that finished the garands in this color? I am just trying to figure out if it is military or a civilian park job
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    I'm no expert, but have a few months into exploring the world of Garands after buying my 1st in the spring...

    With out other markings, and without marks on the stock, you may never know.
    There are soo many (and a few real good ones) private rebuilding enterprises out there and soo many GI parts left over - as well as post WII barrels and such.

    If the price is right, and it checks out well, and your looking for a good shooter... what the heck....

    I would hazard a guess, since there are no other stamps on the metal, and none on the wood, it would be a private rebuild with mostly GI parts.

    But was it done well, and by a good firm, or backyard build that didn't go soo well?????

    There are threads on CMPicon that bring home the issue of not knowing where a Garandicon came from.... Scares the living daylights out of me.... Some of the dangerous garbage being sold out there. And on the other hand, some guys getting real finds.

    On the dangerous side..... (and sorry if you know all of this, just been an eye opener for me since reading about it since the spring time)

    If it was a private rebuild from a lesser know firm, was it a salvaged welded receiver?
    Is the bolt and trigger group safe?
    If it was rebarreled, is the head spacing correct?

    Will the shop let you have it inspected, and let you return it if it's not correct as far as safety? Or work with you on price to get it correct / safe?

    In the end, since one can't tell (unless you have the right gauges and experience), it should be gone over by one of the recognized Garand armorers.

    There's a thread on CMP, from a gent, who bought one that was a kit of GI parts. And a local gun smith went through it for him and did some of the work. Well after 90 rounds it blew up on him at a match.
    (it's the 2nd such thread I've read on there about a Garand blowing up, another was a gunshop buy, that came along with some reloads).

    It's being looked at now by one of the top 3 Garand armorers, and mistakes were made that caused it. I'm just a novice, and learned a lot by following the incident. As easy as it is to take one apart and swap trigger or bolt assy, and they work, doesn't mean it's correct and safe. One of the problems that showed up on the trigger group in the Garand that went bang, was missing a bolt rotator on the hammer. Others attested to the fact in the past they've gotten trigger groups with the same problem, some even from CMP.
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    I saw opne about a week ago...great looking park job, Boyds walnut stock...but it still had that small Arlington import stamp on the barrel. Someone had made a purty rifle. The shop sold it as soon as it went on the rack..$790.

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