What year did the M2 kit come out?

[Curt]

So these mods could have been done late in 1945??? I have a rifle with the mag catch, 30 rd mag, and very sloppy M2 cut. The rest of the rifle is original,type 1 band, flip sight,carry bag. just trying to figure out when it escaped.

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[BrianQ]

The M2 design was approved in October 1944 as was the T17 kit to convert M1s in the field to M2s. So conceivably field modifications using the approved kit could have been done as early as late 1944.