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I finally got an SA/GHS. I've tried for years and never have been able to afford one. This one is correct, not original and I was hoping for your thoughts on my new family member. There is no rear sight seal. 6-41 barrel and not LL. I think I got a great deal too.
Did you mean front sight screw seal?Quote:
Originally Posted by SRiverrat11
I see you also have a numbered gas cylinder...nice.
You say correct NOT original? Or did you mean correct AND original?Quote:
Originally Posted by SRiverrat11
Looks all good to me...nice rifle.
Yes, I meant front sight seal, my bad. The seller said he used some parts he had to make it correct so, I don't think its original. What I got it for I'm ok with correct not original. The gas cylinder seems too pretty to be on an 82 year old rifle. Gas lock screw looks kinda new too.
Those are pretty easy to refinish to new standard, as long as they're serviceable. You'd have to gauge it to find that out.Quote:
Originally Posted by SRiverrat11
Nice job, good find! Way back in the day, I talked my way into the Numrich warehouse, they had bins and bins of M1 parts stacked five high. I pulled down a bin of sights and examined a couple of hundred... the bottom of the bin was covered with sight seals that had either fallen out of sights or just tossed in there. I took three or four :( When I went back to the shop for them to price the parts, they had no idea what to charge, so the guy said, "Ah, just take them, no charge."
Nice. Last I saw them in the NOS packaging they were $50USD. Probably unavailable now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Seijas
And did not use up all your good luck as I notice you live in Wyoming. Lucky You.Quote:
Originally Posted by SRiverrat11
Hahaha! I do live in Wyoming. We're not feeling so lucky this year. Snow has been on the ground since early December. It usually melts then comes back. Getting this one was part luck(knowing where to look) and part patience(many times there's nothing there when I do look)but I am pleased with it. I haven't had too much time to look at it closely, my wife keeps saying I love my guns more than her.Quote:
Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY
She'll get past that if you buy a couple and tell her they're for her.Quote:
Originally Posted by SRiverrat11
I took her shooting with my first carbine. After she shot it, she said, that's mine. So I got to buy another.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
See? It'll work. Buy her a Thompson next.Quote:
Originally Posted by SRiverrat11
I did buy a couple.......I just forgot to tell her they were for her.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Top one's nice, looks like it might be pretty early, grooved handguard clip and forged trigger guard.
That's the GHS. But I got the 5,82X,XXX a couple days before.
I had an LL GHS, SA 328219 for years. Finally sold it some time ago to a younger collector here. Good thing too, they're now prohibited here.
I'm wondering about the darker color on the heel of the receiver. It doesn't look normal. Is this whats called annealing or my imagination?
That was called lead pot annealing and you can find discussions about it here in forum. It's not abnormal within certain serial number ranges. Nice color to yours.
I was reading the thread on the Winchester LL and they were talking about that. It made me think about the darker heel on mine. Someone on another site said they saw no sign of annealing, so I didn't know. Thanks JimQuote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
That's exactly what that is. How could they see no sign... They held them in the molten lead until the lead wouldn't stick. That was the annealing.Quote:
Originally Posted by SRiverrat11