Quote Originally Posted by Garandrew View Post
Thankyou guys, I appreciate Bodyman's comments, and RCS, if the small wheel, and short channel are rarely encountered, have these features been encountered before, and the rifle was issued, so mixed parts could have been done in reassembly by GI's..
If I could get another earlier follower, would it make a huge difference in value, or leave it as it is?
Thanks, Andy
As you are sure that the follower could not be correct nor original to that rifl,e I would change it. The stock is another story. Dave McClain had answered a very similar question as follows : " It's a stretch that a stock with a MWO ( modification work order ) that was not issued until Nov. 1941 could be on a rifle with a 8-41 barrel but a three month final assembly difference is certainly possible. Rifles were often delayed at final assembly for a variety of reasons so it's still possible your rifle was not final assembled until after Nov. 1941. "