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    I picked up my Danishicon at Perry, 04?, not sure. You had to shoot in the Match and then picked up your rifle. My buddy got one that was trash. I dropped a .30-06 cartridge into the muzzle and it went all the way to the shoulder! We had a flight to catch and he didn't want to fight CMPicon. Got home and shipped it back. Most looked used, good condition, but used.

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    a TE of 3 is very good for a used issue Garandicon, most new barrels have TE's of between 2 and 3, that barrel has ALOT of life left in it. ME of 3 also isnt that bad, thats actually pretty tight considering the only way to clean the barrel is from the muzzle and all of its cleaning was done with a sectioned military cleaning rod throughout its life.
    Also remember that every Dane was returned without a bolt in it. All the Danishicon Garands had their bolts removed by the Danes before shipment and bolts installed by the CMPicon armorers when they were re-assembled, then headspace was checked and they were test fired. The Danes also had Garands made by Breda and Baretta in their inventories so there are parts from all of the American and Continental producers on the Dane returns.
    Looks like a nice rifle. I'd love to find another Dane for my collection

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    Quote Originally Posted by USMC6094 View Post
    most new barrels have TE's of between 2 and 3,
    Where'd you get that tidbit? A new barrel is new.
    Regards, Jim

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    But made on machinery and tooling that isn't . Like most problems in life , this is caused by PMS * .
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    This info was presented on this forum (the old one) quite a few years back. It may help with your interest in Danish Garands.....yours seems typical of the ones returned thru the CMPicon Program. HTH's....................Bob

    Brief Danish Garand History
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    The Danish M1s were U.S. M1s Springfields or Winchesters, mostly WWII production that went to Denmarkicon after the War. They were not "Lend Lease" because Denmark was occupied during the War. There were two distinct groups of rifles, one lot of approximately 20,000 were loaned to the Danes and the other lot of possibly 40,000 were purchased by Denmark. The rifles that the CMP has are of the first lot. Since these rifles were on loan to Denmark the Danes simply gave them back. The kits that are advertised are coming out of Canadaicon, a Danish Import/Export Co. called Top Mark purchased all the remaining rifles, U.S. made, Beretta and Breda. Topmark sold them to a Canadian company that stripped the parts for sale in the U.S. Unlike the Brits the Danes did not stamp proof and acceptance marks all over the rifles and since the rifles were not imported there are no import marks. The only marks the Danes used were the anchor and three or four digit number (possibly five) on the sight cover (Navy Issue), and stamped serial number of the rifle on the bottom area of the stock above the toe. The rifles may have a mixture of U.S., PB (Beretta), BMB (Breda) parts and VAR (Danish) barrels. There are three definite groups of barrel and receiver combinations.
    1. The barrel date and serial number of the receiver match.
    2. The barrel date is from the Springfield rebuild period after WWII. A lot of the barrels are stamped XX-47 (various months.)
    3. The VAR barrels are Danish made and most of them have barrel dates in the 1965 range and many of these appear to have been installed on the receivers before the rifles went into storage. (good breach bore readings.) Note: I have also seen on some barrels with a 51-52 year date, I do not know if spare barrels were sent to Denmark or if some rifles were sent there in the 1950's. The stocks are well used and are a mix of U.S. and Danish wood. Some of the U.S. stocks are original and have cartouches of WWII vintage. Many of the rifles with Danish wood had U.S. walnut or birch hand guards.
    Barrel Markings
    VAR - with a crown above it stands for Vaabenarsenalet, meaning Arms Arsenal, closed 1970 (sound familiar), three or four digit number with hyphen in center example 2-65 production month and year just like the U.S. used.
    HTK - Haerens Tekniske Korps (ArmyTechnical Corps)
    FKF - Forsvarets Krigsmaterial Forvaltning (Defence Warmateriel Administration)
    HMAK - Haerens Materiel Kommando (Army Materiel Command)
    The Danish army put the M1icon into service as the G M/50. Gevaer Model 1950 (1950-model rifle). This would indicate that Denmark received their first shipment of M1's sometime in 1950. The Italianicon designation was 'Rifle Model 1951' indicating it's year of adoption in Italy.
    In 1952, the privately owned Italian firm Beretta was chosen by NATO as the new offshore European producer of new M1's and spare parts for the NATO countries. Ex-Winchester machinery was provided to Beretta from the U.S. Breda, then state-owned enterprise, was also brought into M1 production for the Italian army.
    In the mid 50's Denmark bought a quantity of Beretta and Breda rifles from Italy.
    Sometime in the 60's, Denmark manufactured their own barrels (VAR) also manufactured their own stocks, slings, and possibly bayonets for the M1.
    The M1 was in service with the Danish military from 1950 to the early 90's. Consequently, these rifles would have been re-built, refinished and parts replace in the last 40 years. This would explain the mixture of U.S., Italian and Danish parts now found in these rifles or their parts kits.
    Information as to the numbers of rifles acquired by Denmark from the U.S. and Italy is not known.

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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    Where'd you get that tidbit? A new barrel is new.
    Jim,
    I've guaged many many NIW USGI barrels that read 1 at the low end and 3 at the high end. Also on a new Criterion Garandicon barrel I used to re-barrel an HRA Garand I bought not too long ago. It read a solid 2 on the TE guage. I've seen very few new barrels that read 0 on a TE guage.

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