I have this late 6.09 Garand...

[Akulahawk]

I just checked under the windage knob. It definitely does NOT have the typical AFPG modification for the 1/2 MOA adjustment. Given that there are a LOT of NM parts on this rifle, I can think of a couple scenarios that might have given rise to what this thing is. This rifle certainly is a mixer, but the question is "who did the mixing and when was it done?"

One scenario that I can come up with is that this rifle could have been an AFPG build that never was completed in their shop. Meaning that they'd installed the barrel, unitized the front handguard with the lower band, installed a lot of the metal hardware on the rifle, and then for some reason, work stopped on it. Therefore, it wasn't targeted, the rear sight mod was never done, and it was returned/loaned to a club and spent most of it's life there, until it was returned to the DCM/CMP. The barrel has been shot quite a bit. It's got some muzzle wear. I remember it gauging about a 2 when I had it looked at, with a TE around 3-4. (I'm not certain though.)

The stock IS bedded, but it's not stamped with this rifle's serial. It's a VERY good fit though.

I got it from the CMP. It would have originally come from either the Military to the DCM or Military to a DCM club and back to the DCM. I don't think that this rifle was anything BUT a competition gun.

Now I'm getting really curious about my rifle. If the CMP built my rifle up, I'd have thought it would have been cleaner when I got it... I think they basically sent it out to me the way they'd gotten it.

My rifle's a mystery to me... I really wonder if the shop that built AFPG rifles kept a record of M1 serials that entered their shop. Does anyone know if they did that and where I'd find the answer?

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[Akulahawk]

I just checked under the windage knob. It definitely does NOT have the typical AFPG modification for the 1/2 MOA adjustment. Given that there are a LOT of NM parts on this rifle, I can think of a couple scenarios that might have given rise to what this thing is. This rifle certainly is a mixer, but the question is "who did the mixing and when was it done?"

One scenario that I can come up with is that this rifle could have been an AFPG build that never was completed in their shop. Meaning that they'd installed the barrel, unitized the front handguard with the lower band, installed a lot of the metal hardware on the rifle, and then for some reason, work stopped on it. Therefore, it wasn't targeted, the rear sight mod was never done, and it was returned/loaned to a club and spent most of it's life there, until it was returned to the DCM/CMP. The barrel has been shot quite a bit. It's got some muzzle wear. I remember it gauging about a 2 when I had it looked at, with a TE around 3-4. (I'm not certain though.)

The stock IS bedded, but it's not stamped with this rifle's serial. It's a VERY good fit though.

I got it from the CMP. It would have originally come from either the Military to the DCM or Military to a DCM club and back to the DCM. I don't think that this rifle was anything BUT a competition gun.

Now I'm getting really curious about my rifle. If the CMP built my rifle up, I'd have thought it would have been cleaner when I got it... I think they basically sent it out to me the way they'd gotten it.

My rifle's a mystery to me... I really wonder if the shop that built AFPG rifles kept a record of M1 serials that entered their shop. Does anyone know if they did that and where I'd find the answer?

Just an update of this, I just found out on another board that the AFPG rifles used both the standard and the NM bases for windage adjustments. It seems to be more possible that my rifle really IS an AFPG... I'm waiting on some confirmation of this, but... holding my breath I am not!