New garand has a strange etching on it

[twh]

The gun is worth what you traded for it but based on the Danish bolts I have seen those numbers scribed on the bolt were not put there by the Danish military.

[Amsdorf]

Beautiful wood on it.

[browningautorifle]

those numbers scribed on the bolt were not put there by the Danish military.

You can't say that for sure. You weren't there. Like us you're guessing. BUT, like you say, mine are far neater than those.

[latigo 1]

[QUOTE=ronmayle;198042]Ok no biggie, Im planning on tricking this gun out in the form of cross between robocop, an ar-15, and a m1, so not really worried about that value, what gets me is if this is danish then it is in better condition than it says it should be in. All the sites I read about said danish rifles were kind of beat up, this one is in almost mint condition. [=Quote]

Are you serious? You wouldn't really bubba up that very nice M1 Garand would you?

[twh]

I can say that I have seen a lot of rifles with the bolts numbered by the Danish military and none were that sloppy. This also takes into account the fresh look of the scribbing itself not that any of it makes any difference as the rifle is still worth the value of the trade.

[browningautorifle]

the rifle is still worth the value of the trade

Agreed, that's what I first told him. Good deal there. Good shooter.

[Orlando]

My Danish return also had numbers crudely electric penciled. Had then filed off and reparked

[browningautorifle]

That worked out well Orlando, I was thinking of that myself. Obviously it worked. Good info. The first Dane returns had anchors on the sight cover spring and no bolt numbers. That was mid '90s. The number was with the anchor. Very neatly engraved. Very small.

[Orlando]

I really miss those Woodless Danes, I used to go the the North Store and spend hours going through them.
Many of them were near correct WWII rifles, they all had good WWII parts
I restored a Springfield 1943 Garand from one, it only took the stock and Op Rod and she was correct

[ronmayle]

Ill have to check all of that out, thanks kirk. I will have to check for the notch and cartouche later this week, Im not at home right now but away for work. I do not believe the stock has been refinished, the stock is in great shape but if you look at it in person you can see normal wear plus small holes in the wood that were not originally taken out of the stock. If someone efinished it then they would have fixed that. Also where should the cartouche be?