CMP-added parts

[Neal Myers]

The easiest way to spot a reparked rifle is that all the parts match in color & texture. ORIGINAL rifles were assembled from parts that were blued or parked in batches. Over the years parkerizing "recipes" have changed.

DCM never saw a rifle; it was just a DOD office in Washington, DC that processed paperwork. After approval of a purchase, the gun was shipped to the buyer directly from a government arsenal by Railway Express.

When CMP was originally established, most M1 rifles came straight from arsenals stacked in wood crates (hence, numerous op rod dings). They also got all the spare parts, which the armorers at CMP used to fix broken/defective rifles. When spare parts ran out, they cannibalized some rifles; they sold some rifles as "correct grade" if mostly original with some parts replaced. When stocks ran out, they sold "barreled actions". They eventually bought commercial stocks & barrels. Around 2008 they got a stash of several thousand Springfield Armory barrels, dated in the 1950's; these were used for rebuilds, & some barrels were sold to the public.

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