NM barrel from 1953

[Joe W]

I attempted to edit my original reply by addig the following but as 60 minutes had expired I was not allowed to edit. Wonder why that is ???

I suppose the worst case would be that the barrel was on a Type 2 NM rifle but, as far as a match barrel, it was "shot out" (TE of 7). The original owner replaced it and sold or gave away your LMR barrel. It was then installed on your 4.3 receiver. Really hard to tell the true story without any documentation.

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[Bob Womack]

I attempted to edit my original reply by addig the following but as 60 minutes had expired I was not allowed to edit. Wonder why that is ???

The idea is that the original poster can't come back and change the original post, making the answers not make sense.

Bob

[GUTS]

This rifle is one of the Honor Guard Rifles that was recieved recently by one of the Legion Clubs around here from TACOM. When the rifles came in last week the Commander called me and asked if I would check them over and that's when I noticed this one. I was curious to see what kind of rifles would arrive it turns out they were all freshly reparked(except for internals)and the stocks and handguards were new and stained with a dark burgundy colored stain, they all matched perfectly. All eight of the rifles were of SA manufacture, four being WWII vintage and four post war vintage. The rifles were shipped out of Anniston. They were extremely dry and I greased up the rifles and function checked them with blanks, everything turned out good. Being as how the rifle basically came from the CMP we can rule out the barrel being put on by a private individual. It still may not have come with the reciever originally but was installed by the Military. Thanks for the great information fellas!