Italian 7.62mm Garand

[JamesB]

Does anyone have any familiarity with these? Any idea of numbers made, price? I have not seen them anywhere and can find very little info on them.

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[Patrick Chadwick]

Italian arsenal rebuild and conversion to .308 in 1971. Barrel would have been new then. The condition of the backsight bodes ill for general state of care. Properly cared for, the Italian rebuilds are very good, and actually more desirable for competition shooting than originals in 30-06.

[browningautorifle]

The back sight looks to be caked in grease...dry grease. The whole rifle looks to have come from storage. Almost unused.

[Bob Seijas]

There are several types floating around, maybe 4 or 5 different logo styles. Yours seems to be the most common. Very neat!

[arado]

I have an Italian M1 Garand made by Beretta in ,308. It is a commercial weapon I traded a perfect Winchester 1917 for it. Long ago...... Gary..

[Patrick Chadwick]

The back sight looks to be caked in grease...dry grease. The whole rifle looks to have come from storage. Almost unused.

I stand corrected. You are dead right!

[bearrowland]

I like it! The Berettas have always fascinated me Yours looks like it's ready to do some competing!

[FlightRN]

Good Day,
Congratulations on purchasing one of the 7.62mm Italian rifles. I especially like the FAT marking on your stock. Only one of the two military conversions that I still have retain this marking.
Here is some more information,
Italian Military 7.62 M1 garand rifles pics

Below are other examples including commercial variants.

Michael

[kruffe]

Good Day,
Congratulations on purchaseing one of the 7.62mm Italian rifles. I especially like the FAT marking on your stock. Only one of the two military conversions that I still have retain this marking.
Here is some more information,
Italian Military 7.62 M1 garand rifles pics

Michael

The Garands in the picture have been in the Danish Defence. FKF stands for Forsvarets Krigsmateriel Forvaltning (Defence War Material Administration). Waffen Schumacher in Germany refurbished a lot of old Danish receivers with new barrels, stocks etc. a few years back. They can still be found in Europe at around 900$.

[cheenop]

I have an Italian M1 Garand made by Beretta in ,308. It is a commercial weapon I traded a perfect Winchester 1917 for. Long ago...... Gary..

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