Nov 1944 M1

[SRiverrat11]

I bought this M1 from a gunshop in Miami FL. The owner knew that the reciever, bolt and bbl matched, but seemed to have no clue about the stock or the internals. I bought it because I also saw a vertical line throught the grain of the wood that made me think it was a cartouche. It also had a really old leather sling( brass hooks) with it. When I got it home I cleaned the stock with Murphy's Oil Soap( was that a No, No?) and found a slightly visible SA/GAW cartouche and a small Ordnance wheel on the heel. The stock is actually in very good shape. The parkerizing is pretty much all gone on the reciever. The Op rod has alot more parking and so does the indented rear handguard clip, extractor, and the gas tube. The muzzle passes the bullet test but I have no gauges and neither did the gunshop owner. Can anyone tell me any more about this? Was it worth the $1000 I paid for it? I'm certainly not an expert. I have 2 of Scott Duff's book's and can read, but thats it on my experience with M1's.

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