I'm considering the purchase of a match conditioned .308 M1icon Garand. It's built on a Springfield 2.8mm receiver and has a barrel marked SA11686514 3 66 MD61 P, with 7.62 MM low and to the left. It has the NM/2A rear sight with hooded aperture, a .062 NM front sight and a NM marked op-rod. It's in an unmarked glass bedded USGI walnut stock and has the rear handguard glassed to the ferrule. The front handguard seems to be screwed to the ferrule. Overall workmanship is very good. The shop wants $1400 for it, which I thought was a little steep for a used civilian conversion, but very reasonable for something that's been done by a US arsenal. Is there any way to verify the origin of this rifle? Thanks for any advice.
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