CMP 6 mil

[Joe W]

Joe, Back in 1999, my friend bought an estate gun collection once owned by a Doctor who has died. There was one Type 1 NM M1 rifle in this group, s/n 6094444 with a SA 8-56 bbl, the sling was still in the shipping box with paper work. The Doctor just kept it in his rifle rack, never even shoot it. Robert

Robert, I had made the trip to Anniston because I had thought my mail order would be to late to make the cut. As it turned out, I did make the cut and received a 2nd via mail order. That rifle was 6094414, only 30 numbers from the NM you mentioned. The rifle I got was not a NM, or if it was, it no longer is, as CMP had rebarreled it with a new 1 of 55 SA standard barrel. Joe

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Since my original post I have finished the stock with four coats of tung oil. Also I have found out that a number of these 6.0 rifles just released by CMP were not Greek returns. Some were Club rifles returned to CMP in the 1990s. This could be why this rifle had never went through a rebuild. Issued to a Club as a Type 1 and remained that way until returned, Just a guess.