Johnny Cash Garand ?

[Neal Myers]

Your rifle is likely a Fabrique Nationale rebuild. After WWII, the US contracted with FN in Herstal, Belgium, to rebuild several hundred thousand rifles, probably all those that ended up in Europe. The contract ran from 1946-1949.

ALL rifles were completely stripped. Parts were inspected, & those serviceable were put in huge bins. Starting with the bare receiver, rifles were rebuilt with a combination of used parts & new parts from SA. For obvious reasons, a LOT of wood had to be replaced.

Your rifle made a subsequent trip to Denmark, then came back to CMP as a "Danish return".

There's no way to definitively identify an FN rebuild, definitely no stamp on the stock other than a proof P. Identification is done by the detective work you have done: a WW2 receiver with post-war parts, none later than 1949.