My Garand

[c9er]

There are many like it but this one is mine - Also wanted to see if I am able to post pics :|







Danish anchor on sight assembly.


The SN's mostly make sense. At least they kept it all Springfield, I'm happy about that. The only SN I can't figure out is the bolt. I find info on 28287-2SA but nothing on 12SA and no mention of the diamond either. Found this really good Garand ID site though: http://battlerifle0.tripod.com/id3.html


When I first broke down the rifle I found a Danish (I assumed) armourers sticker. I would love to know what it says. I think it has something to do with sighting it in as there are distances, and the word "Klik" as in windage and elevation adjustments perhaps? I will dig it up and post it later.... here it is! Any info would be greatly appreciated!

I found out:
Kampviser likely means firing point, so in this case 300 metres?
Klik means click
Skytte: well I know Hjorring is a city in Denmark so...
G m/50 was the danish designation for the garand.






I got this oldcrusty oil I should get off, any advice?




Anyone know where I could find the piece missing here? Or what it is called so i can search for it?



I have to improve my photography skills, I just can't seem to soften the flash
sometimes. And in general I find the photos don't do the rifle justice, it's almost as though the pictures bring out flaws I don't see with the naked eye!?

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[Light Infantry]

yuor bolt was used on Springfield rifles manufactured between March 1942 and July 1944. Your rifle, serial number 1,769,XXX, was manufactured in July 1943, so your bolt "matches" your rifle, assembly line speaking.

The letters/numbers/diamonds is I believe, a heat lot number allowing them to track a run of bolts just in case in the future there was a failure of a bolt then they could check the others to see if they had the same problem.

LI

[Stevo]

Very nice rifle, c9er.

I tend to get to much flash in my pics too. Try to have the space as brightly lit as you can, preferably with indirect lighting. That way the flash won't be required. Alternatively you can use remote position flashes if you have the equipment.

[Claven2]

The hole in the base of the PG is for a small (danish) brass unit marking disc that is almost always missing. Maybe watch e-bay?

[dances with gophers]

I want one.
yours is sure prety

where can you get one in Canada
Huggs & Kisses Dances with gophers

[Claven2]

I want one.
yours is sure prety

where can you get one in Canada
Huggs & Kisses Dances with gophers

Well, watching the exchange forums on "Canadian Gun Nutz" and visiting shows and local shops is your best bet. There are lots around for reasonable prices if you're patient.

[J.P.]

It has been my experience that there are lots available in eastern Canada. In the last 5 years I only saw one in a gunshop in Edmonton. There were 3 or 4 at the big Calgary show last spring, priced at 800+ for beat up mixmasters. Your best bet is CGN, but you have to catch the ad in the first ten minutes, and be willing to pay the asking price. The last one went for 600 today, which I think was a fair price. It would have sold for 750. I have heard lots of moaning about current market prices, but they are set by demand (inreasing) and supply (NOT increasing) therefore, as it was put to me once "anything that goes bang is worth 500 bucks" In my experience that could read 600. I have bought 5 Garands from the CGN EE in the last year, and only one was a bad deal- rusted out, ruined stock. The advice to be patient and wait for a good deal is exactly what everyone should do. Just send me a PM while you hum and haw about the money. Jeff

[Redhorse]

J.P. knows about acting fast,he got one of my garands and not
a mixmaster either.Quick,concise and we both got we were after.
If you want it bad enough and it is a good rifle,get it.I don't think
you are going to see cheap garands again.That 600 dollar one went
quick and higher priced ones have gone just as fast.Regards Redhorse

PS I think you would be surprized by just how many there
are in Western Canada.Eight just in my area.

[c9er]

Thanks for all the advice everyone.

To Dances with Gophers, I bought it from the CGN EE about 3 or 4 years ago. He had more than one Garand at that time. I don't remember his handle, but he was from Truro, NS.
I paid $400 shipped. It was full-o-grease. And the barrel is kaputz (barely any rifling left and it's a copper mine). I am looking to replace it one day.