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From my research, original pre WWII ones had a walnut stock, milled front sight hood and band, and were blued. The front sight hoods were not completely round, but more of a U shape similar to a P14....

Yup, it was an RC. The safety was EP'd, everything else was stamped. Floorplate and bands were stamped. Stock was a late 45 with bolt takedown in the buttplate. It is an RC - mind you, a very nice RC...

The star is usually the "Wheedon repair" mark. Depending where the repair was done, the mark may be a little different. Some are an astrisk, some look like a daisy flower, some look like the star of...

Were Enfield barrels buttoned or broached? Explained:

Lilja Precision Rifle Barrels - Articles: The Making of a Rifle Barrel

If they were buttoned, they would have been run twice for 2 groove,...

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I was looking at that rifle. Nice grab. What does he mean by "early MkI forestock"?

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I had a lengthy discussion on another forum, and David Edgcombe, who wrote "Defending the Dominion: Canadian Military Rifles, 1855-1955" gave me this info:

The Ross rifles were used in WWII as...

I thought I would post some links to help out, as these helped me:

Serial dates: M1 Garand Serial Numbers
All about stocks: http://www.trfindley.com/pgstkrest.html
Collecting: ...

I'd say good luck finding a "matching" one. Matching original Garands are as common as matching original Nagants (IMO).

All of these imports are US refurbished garands in the 40's and 50's. Some...

I put money down on one, and will pick it up next week. Its WWII 6XX,XXX (mid 1942) Springfield with a June 1945 barrel - so an early refurb. The Parkarizing is about 75% and the stock was a properly...

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MilArm Co. Ltd :: Edmonton, Alberta

Is there a manufacturer name or date? Are there any other identifyable markings?

I'm not sure if they're USGI, but they did tell me they are military surplus. I hope they're WWII US, because thats what I'm after.

I did hear some more, apparently they are still in Europe, and are currently hung up crossing customs somewhere on the way to port, so they haven't even left Europe yet (that should narrow down the...

Here is a link with the cyrillic alphabet and its latin equivelant:

The Russian Alphabet

Here is a link with known serial number variations:

Mosin Nagant Serial Numbers

Here is some text...

Just an observation, but there is a serial number on the left of the receiver, and it looks like it starts with an ML (not done on Russian Mosins). Perhaps the country that owned the rifle after...

Could it be an MO mark that is not complete?

529

530

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If I'm not mistaken, once the Canadian military switched to SMLEs (1915), Ross rifles were still produced (1916), just not issued to front lines. I think these were marked HG for home guard use. I'd...

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No exact ETA, but they are hoping early June.

I got some more information about the Garands. I was able to find out they are comming in from Europe, and that my local shop ordered over 100 of them (in their first batch). So there should be...

Thats true too. I totally forgot about parts kits. According to my shop, $700 hundred is as low as they can go, I have no idea what typical markup is, but I'm sure the importer had it all figured out...

According to a book called "Cooey Firearms made in Canada" by John Belton, Cooey converted a bunch of surplus Carcanos to sporters. It was sold at Eaton's, and is chambered in 6.5x53.5 Mannlicher...

Cannot import Garand into the US. Lend lease cannot come back into the US. At least thats what I was told at auctions when worrying about US folks bidding on US firearms. Didn't Century Arms...

Claven 2 is right, however I do recall seing a picture of an M44 with the bayonet mount removed and called an M38....

Oh yeah, here it is:

http://www.7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinFeatures.htm
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