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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.
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.
The back sight looks to be caked in grease...dry grease. The whole rifle looks to have come from storage. Almost unused.
There are several types floating around, maybe 4 or 5 different logo styles. Yours seems to be the most common. Very neat!
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..
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I stand corrected. You are dead right!
I like it! The Berettas have always fascinated me Yours looks like it's ready to do some competing!
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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
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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$.Quote:
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Thanks for pics Bob! I learn something new about Garands almost every day. I"d love to see a Beretta in person.
Attachment 42765Attachment 42764Attachment 42766Here's an interesting Beretta: the BM69 semi-auto.
It would be interesting to know the full story on that one.
The magazine looks suspiciously like the M-14 type, not the significantly different BM-59 pattern.
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Magazine, Model BM-59, .308 Cal, 20 Round, Parkerzied - Excellent Gun Parts | 873970 | Numrich Gun Parts
I hate good eyes :( I couldn't find the BM magazine, so stuck an M14 in for the picture. It doesn't actually fit. Found it later, here it is. It was featured in the Spring 2009 GCA Journal with the full story -- really interesting. It was the first semi-auto version of the assault rifle.
On the subject of M-14 mags in BMs.....
Back in "good old days", I owned an interesting beast.
It was a Garand converted to a version of the early BM-59 spec.
However, it used M-14 mags, BUT, these were held in place by a mag catch that had the distinctive "PB" mark. It was a SHORT little beast and lacked the little "spacer" handguard element seen on the legendary "tanker" Garands: there was no space to put it. The rifle had come from Britain, at a time when they still retained a sense of humour about such things, back in the early 1980s.
It shot quite well, but was a touch noisy. NO markings on the left side and just the number remained on the rear of the receiver.
Cant find any photos right now; probably several Kodachromes of it somewhere in a box. Great little "bush" rifle.
yes they did a wonderful job with them . baretta manufactured parts and even a magazine fed version of the grand similar to the M14 for a brief time