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.

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[RCS]

Were there any rebuild markings/cartouches to indicate the FN rebuild ?

[rondog]

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.

See, this, and all the other "arsenal rebuilding" that went on, is why I'm not going to stress about how "correct" my M1 Garand is. Or my M1 Carbine either. I have a Garand and a Carbine, they have all the necessary parts, they work and shoot well, and I love them just the way they are. I'm just tickled to have them! My mixmasters will bust water jugs just as well as the rifles with all correct parts.