Lend Lease Garands - What is the history/process of their arrival back to the States?

[browningautorifle]

The early LL rifles you refer to were brought back from UK and since they were essentially unused they needed nothing. The lower stock groups were in some cases switched between but they weren't as mixed up as you've been lead to believe. Mine was all original except the conjecture that the stock group had a small ordnance wheel instead of large. Later LL rifles had seen hard use and as stated were completely overhauled.