hand stamped M1 Garand?

[karl schmidt]

I know there are hand stamped M1/M2 carbines but how about this Garand ??

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[browningautorifle]

There's something amiss there. The 1 in M1 is re-stamped as is the S in Springfield. The period after the U in U.S. is missing...the word Springfield is a mess. The lines from machining on the tail are gone between top and bottom. That would suggest the whole thing was polished down and altered...

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[Bob Seijas]

In the early days of production, the serial number of a scrapped receiver was re-used. That would almost have to be done manually. here's a notation from the notebook of the foreman of Assembly:
724 - Scrapped for bolt dropping out of rear of receiver April 28, 1939; replaced by new receiver same number
Later, of course, scrapped receievers were just passed by.

[Rick B]

Looks exactly like many of them I have on file in the early days. I see nothing wrong. Rick B