I looked at an SA Garandicon today that has the serial# 5401195. The "normal" barrel date from around that serial# is 6, 7, or 8 of 54. This one has an LMR NM barrel from 1953. I know that many, many barrels were changed on recievers of all serial#s but it is thought that LMR barrels may have been used around this time by SA when they had a problem with their own barrels. There is a known SA rifle with the original barrel with the serial#5292300 and it has an SA NM Type I barrel with a 12/53 date. I haven't seen or heard of a NM LMR barrel from 1953 before, I thought they were all SA. Do you think the barrel is original to the reciever?
On the left side of the barrel towards the front there is an NM stamped into it.
The barrel side markings are: T + LMR D6535448 3 53 A9 P M
The P is about twice as big as the rest of the letters and there are two more large proof Ps
stamped sideways above the line of letters.
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