The Type 1 lock bar

[EdG]

A long time ago Scott Duff, Jeff Carstens, and I bought the notebook of Walter Campbell, the foreman of Assembly at SA. He kept detailed notes in pencil, sometimes you can find gems like that. I started writing a book on it but ran out of ambition

Gosh ,Bob - Get that ambition back please !!!
Us guys really crave such info.
I know, I know, it is a SICKNESS for me!!!

I really have always appreciated the time and effort that you and others have invested for the rest of us in digging out this info and then sharing it openly.

I truly intended to pursue some kind of original research on a few aspects of the M1 Garand seven years ago when I began drawing S.S. and I had more time, but things come up and laziness sets in.

My dad always told me that I'd be too lazy to breathe if I wasn't afraid of dying. Now at my age I have to concede that he may have been right about that.

Thanks so much again. I'm adding this info to my data base.

[RCS]

There is a collector by the name of Brian Case, he collects data on Lend Lease rifles and I understand has over 200 data sheets, he is still collecting data.

Now data on Lend lease rifles is sometimes broken down into groups as follows:

1. the original group of 38K rifles with BNP proofs 2. rifles with the BNP proofs between the gas cylinder rings. 3. Rifles with London proofs either location

I checked a few of my old data sheets in an attempt to find a Type 1 lock bar Lend lease rifle and located the following but would require Brian Case to verify.

s/n 540534 BNP proofs rear of barrel under op rod, Type 1 lock bar s/n 539967 BNP proofs between gas cylinder rings Type 1 lock bar

[browningautorifle]

I had 328219 SA with the crown on the receiver and marks under the op rod. Had flush nut... That was how I originally started here was researching that rifle for originality.

[RCS]

I believe the earliest Lend Lease serial number located is 316819 but something could have surface since this serial number.