Most of my Garands have been rebuilt with barrels from the early 50s. I do have one 412 thousand Springfield Armory receiver that has a barrel dated 8-41, if I am reading it right. The barrel is marked:

S-A 8-41 C U
It also has a P stamped on the barrel in front of the step-down and I can see a couple of "punch marks" on each side of the step-down that I presume had something to do with hardness testing.

Could this barrel have originally belonged to this receiver? I just can't help but be curious.

Paul
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