Got a LEAD!

I won a LEAD rebuilt Garand this weekend at an online auction. The lot description was pretty thorough and it came with many pictures.

I've become interested in the arsenal overhaul rifles and recently glommed an "O-66" Garand that is in outstanding condition. This LEAD looks pretty good too.

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It almost looks to have the "red triangle" on the pistol grip.

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GCA did very nice LEAD story recently.Interesting M-1. Nice score

Yup, nice looking rifle.

Thanks, guys!

I got the bug for the 60's rebuild marked Garands and glommed a USMC rebuild last month. Those have the "O-6x" mark on the upper receiver, which shows up in the pictures.

I figured that I would have trouble getting a LEAD, RRAD, or TE rebuild at auction, because auction houses usually do not break rifles down for their online auction pictures.

I was shocked while perusing the auctions to find the listing with the "LEAD 3-65" displayed in the pictures.

A beautiful example!

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Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY

GCA did very nice LEAD story recently.Interesting M-1. Nice score

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Thanks, HOH, I've got that issue of the GCA journal.


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Originally Posted by bob seijas

A beautiful example!

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Thanks, Bob.

The auction description had the barrel as TE 2/ MW 1.5...hopefully it will be a good shooter.

Has it got the little red paint triangle on the bottom of the grip area?

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Has it got the little red paint triangle on the bottom of the grip area?

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I think so. The only picture that shows the bottom of the pistol grip seems to show a small reddish orange triangle.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...RMW3jpg1-1.jpg

Examined a LEAD rebuilt M1 ,3-69, also rebuilt by SA, 5-64, and it has glass bedding in the stock where the magazine floor plate seats. Is this common on rebuilt M1s?

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Originally Posted by green

glass bedding in the stock

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This is done where the wood starts to collapse from oil saturation and needs a tightening up.

Yes, an SA rebuild technique from the early 1960s after the NM guys invented their own glass bedding. Prior to that, they sometimes inletted wood fillets, but the glass was so much easier. Some early collectors thought it was a transitional step between Type 1 and Type 2 NM rifles LOL.

I mentioned that the auction listing had many pictures...here are the rest of them...


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An early hammer in that one. 5Mil number SA, the last of the many. Very nice.

Thanks all for the info on glass bedding.

The LEAD Garand arrived at my FFL today and I looked it over before it started the 10-day "cooling off" period.

It looks good. Very little wear on the metal and the stock is solid, with only a few small dings. The lower handguard has a small split near the receiver end. The Letterkenny triangle stamp is present on the pistol grip.

Bore is great-- sharp, shiny, and measures a "1" on the CMP muzzle gauge.

More pics and a range report when I've cooled off.

GREAT photos, Calfed, wish we could get that kind of quality in member submissions to the GCA Journal :(

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The LEAD Garand arrived

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We'll be watching.

I took a few pics of mine...it does have the triangular stamp on the pistol grip, generally thought to be some kind of inspection stamp.

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The bore is mirror sharp and gauges a "1" on the CMP muzzle gauge

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