SARGE1988;
If you bothered to look yourself at the GB auction, which I did not know about before seeing mentioned here, you would see it is for sale starting at $5,000.00 with no bids and has a serial # of 5,324,649, and is from a seller in Elmhurst, Ill.
SO to answer you last question yes it must be a coincidence beyond all belief because I and my
Garand
reside in Florida , and have no ties at all to Illinois .
Plus my Garand is as stated several times before has a serial number over SIX MILLION.
I think we all can let this one rest now as all your nit picking must be over by now, Right?? Thanks for your help , you are a credit to this forum.