Let's do some thinking!

[Rick B]

There were also the SA 5.0M rifles. Serial number 5,000,000 is in the Springfield Armory museum. But SA was also assigned 5,000,001 to 5,000,499 serial numbers. There could be up to 499 rifles out there in this very rare range.

Picking this number is no differnt than picking any other 500 rifles. I always wondered why this number got people looking. Many have been found in this range.

I am puttinmg my money on the 6 million HRA or the Educational Winchesters [around 40 known to exist at this time]. Rick B

Edited to meniton the model shop rifles as only a handful of them are out there.

[Ramboueille]

Legitimate M1C USMC MC 1952 rifles might be good candidates too Rick.

Some of those 5,000,000 - 5,000,499 SA's showed up in the imports some years ago plus what CMP found. Some were destroyed.

[Rick B]

Legitimate M1C USMC MC 1952 rifles might be good candidates too Rick.

Some of those 5,000,000 - 5,000,499 SA's showed up in the imports some years ago plus what CMP found. Some were destroyed.

I did forget about those. Many who get a M1C drilled receivers with the SA-52 on the heal do not know the real story to those having been readied for mounts but not used, correct? Rick B

[GPlourde]

I'll throw out the 3.88mil and above WWII SA's, since there is so little information, I wonder what is the last SN stamped on a receiver.

[bphealey]

Many who get a M1C drilled receivers with the SA-52 on the heal do not know the real story to those having been readied for mounts but not used, correct? Rick B

Please tell me more. I have seen 2 of these stripped recievers.

[Ramboueille]

Please tell me more. I have seen 2 of these stripped recievers.

Those receivers were plugged and returned to standard issue status originally by SA when the need for M1C's was no longer needed.
Some owners remove the plugs and restore them to M1C status and some owners leave them alone as a variation in themselves.

[bphealey]

I did forget about those. Many who get a M1C drilled receivers with the SA-52 on the heal do not know the real story to those having been readied for mounts but not used, correct? Rick B

Those receivers were plugged and returned to standard issue status originally by SA when the need for M1C's was no longer needed.
Some owners remove the plugs and restore them to M1C status and some owners leave them alone as a variation in themselves.

In the collecting circle which is the preferance on those receivers? It was the first time I had seen a stamp on the heel. I would one day like to add an M1C to my collection so any knowledge is power (so they say)

[Ramboueille]

In the collecting circle which is the preferance on those receivers? It was the first time I had seen a stamp on the heel. I would one day like to add an M1C to my collection so any knowledge is power (so they say)

bp,

Years ago you couldn't find an M1C or a plugged receiver so when a plugged former M1C was found, many were unplugged and restored. Today with the CMP, plugged receivers with the SA-52 rebuild mark are a variation in their own right. Personally I would leave a plugged former M1C receiver alone as found today but it also adds to the conundrum of finding a legitimate non-plugged M1C equipped or at least a receiver without the rebuild mark.

[MD220]

How about a M1 that hit the beaches at Normandy and was carried across Europe.I saw one in my life and I can 't think of any rarer M1! Anything else would be miniscule in my opinion.Although very young at the time,I'm very glad to have had the chance to see it!!!

[Bob Seijas]

My candidate for rarest production guns would be the Model Shop First 80, but Bodyman's Pentrate finished guns are right up there. Rarest part is the welded seam op rod.