M1 Garand Question

[Bob Womack]

Hey Bob,
I can´t imagine those companies taking time to match all the M1s with the correct SN. I was hoping that my barrel was marked as 30-06, but couldn't find any 30-06 marks in any part. Regards

The companies took all the rifles apart and chucked the parts into common pans. Because the parts were interchangeable, they just grabbed a bunch of parts and built a new rifle out of them. The parts didn't have a serial number like European arms did, they just had drawing numbers for their lot. At that point, as far as I know, all the M1 Garands in the Army were .30-06. I wouldn't know where your rifle got another bore. If it were me, I'd get a gunsmith to measure the chamber and bore and verify the caliber it is chambered in.

Bob