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Looks very Nice! Correct pad, scope, barrel, stock. I'd say it's authentic!

Snapper

WWII was won with uncut op rods.

SN1

TM9-1275 , page 77, shows the screws installed in the grommets of the cheek pad. ). 0.10" holes in the stock. This is for the WWII era stocks, and post-war. (1947)

CMP rifles from the auctions...

Not bad... the E.McF. looks very good, same with GAW.

They're getting better...

SN1

Remember those cartoons that would be placed side by side and there would be slight differences between them? You had to relax your eyes and let your brain process the differences...

I'm working...

The only shade for the gas cylinder is flat black. Nothing else is correct.

SN1

You will need either an M1D barrel or modify a barrel by reaming the rear portion and fitting an M1D scope block to it. This takes some real skill and tools.

You can also buy M1D barrels with...

Speaking of "Burned in", I recall going to a gun show 15 years ago and the guy was selling Garands with what looked like burned cartouches. Since I used to use those wood-burning pencils and tools...

Thanks, Rick!

You've done a lot to dispel the resentment many of us "unwashed" have had for many years over the fact that a small number of "experts" have held knowledge too closely to their...

great deal >> steal, IMO.

OK, now even I can see this is a fake... :beerchug:

Thanks, Rick!

I gotta say, I'd call that one a real... I just don't see much to call it a fake.

So, Rick... is it possible there were very "minor" differences between the stams used at the time? The crossed...

I suppose that explains why the thing blew up. They didn't expect somebody to actually SHOOT the thing and may have used inferior materials...

But if they were to use pot metal, why the...

Yes.. I have a bunch of "Certificates of Authenticity" just waiting to be filled in...

the only papers that count are original DD1348, with correct NSN. If not, then send CMP an email and ask...

The most obvious to me is the cannons are not at 90 deg. (right angle) on the fake... Seems to me that would have been an easy fix for the faker...

SN1

The first thing I notice is the uneven appearance of the "S", in relation to the "A", which makes it seem the "S" was more heavily sanded, along with the tops of the EMcF... Just doean't seem...

Looks very nice! :)

Be sure to include a close-up of your restored stock cartouche.

Shouls be a good shooter.

SN1

Thanks, Rick,

Hey, 4 wrongs is less than 50 percent... :eek: Looks like I need to go back to school...

I think my GHS's are all wrong... I'venever seen an original of those. But # 5 has to be...

I'm refining my guess...

In addition to #1 being fake,
GHS:
2, Fake
5 Fake
6 real
11 real

McF:

Rick,

This is exactly what I'm lookiong for. You don't need to point oout all the characteristics, just set them side by side and I can do the rest.

The most striking feature to me on this one...

No need to get defensive, Rick, the post was not meant to inflame. But for over 10 years on Jouster I've watched these Cartouche posts come up again and again, with almost no definitive things to...

All are assumed "fake".

at least at this point in time...

RickB won't post real stamps... reason given is the "humpers" may learn something.

But then the rest of us don't learn what to look...

I anxiously await your detailed wxplanation regarding the fakes.

SN1

Thanks, I look forward to the learning experience... :)

I'd say 1,4,5,and 9 are fakes, but your pics are not of sufficient resolution to get into the nitty gritty of wood/stamp interface, etc.

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WIN-13 hands down then. Does it have an uncut op rod and wide pad on the trigger housing?

Non-papered M1D is a non-issue.

SN1