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I'm new to this forum so I hope this is the place I'm looking for
I just aquired a Garand from a good friend who is culling his collection. He got it in 1966 from the NRA he paid the
extra $20 for a hand select . What he got is a SA serial
number 4,309,XXX with a LMR barrel dated 10 53 and
stamped AFPG above NM. The stock is lighter than the hand guards and has no marking at all inside or out.
The windage knob is in 1/2 degree increments so that
is right for an AFPG but from my research some of the
other parts don't exactly match the dates of the receiver
and barrel. I have been told that the armorers that built
these may have selected what they thought were the best
parts. Is there any way to confirm this rifle is an AFPG ?

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[Defender3]

I'm new to this forum so I hope this is the place I'm looking for
I just aquired a Garand from a good friend who is culling his collection. He got it in 1966 from the NRA he paid the
extra $20 for a hand select . What he got is a SA serial
number 4,309,XXX with a LMR barrel dated 10 53 and
stamped AFPG above NM. The stock is lighter than the hand guards and has no marking at all inside or out.
The windage knob is in 1/2 degree increments so that
is right for an AFPG but from my research some of the
other parts don't exactly match the dates of the receiver
and barrel. I have been told that the armorers that built
these may have selected what they thought were the best
parts. Is there any way to confirm this rifle is an AFPG ?

I can't help you with your answer, but I'd suggest you post this as a seperate thread so it gets the exposure necessary to generate some answers.

+1 to you as it also seems you may have used the search function before posting.

[Ramboueille]

I'm new to this forum so I hope this is the place I'm looking for
I just aquired a Garand from a good friend who is culling his collection. He got it in 1966 from the NRA he paid the
extra $20 for a hand select . What he got is a SA serial
number 4,309,XXX with a LMR barrel dated 10 53 and
stamped AFPG above NM. The stock is lighter than the hand guards and has no marking at all inside or out.
The windage knob is in 1/2 degree increments so that
is right for an AFPG but from my research some of the
other parts don't exactly match the dates of the receiver
and barrel. I have been told that the armorers that built
these may have selected what they thought were the best
parts. Is there any way to confirm this rifle is an AFPG ?

If he bought the rifle through the DCM (not NRA), the the bill of sale will prove what it is. Used AFPG barrels were available as surplus so the AFPG marking alone does not indentify the rifle as anything special.