unusual receiver wear?

[Germanikus]

Have you ever seen this on a Garand receiver?



It's a Springfield Armory 1943

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[RCS]

That was done during manufacture, it is not wear

[Johnny Peppers]

I have seen that on several H&R rifles, and it appears to be an incomplete forging that apparently still passed inspection.

[RCS]

It starts to appear around 1943

[Bob Seijas]

Yep, undersize raw forging did not have enough metal there to machine. It's not unknown and is also occasionally found at the corners of the heel.