Back in the 1980's I was collecting U.S. Martial arms in a very big way (No kids, lots of money). I always bought my M1icon's under the assumption there is no such thing as a correct "issued, non-rebuilt" M1 Garand. I was and still do build them on occasion for collectors or shooters. As a matter of practice I mark them either on the left side or under the butt plate with my initials. This holds true with everything I build. In the Mid 1990's I started to number them with or without the date.

Back to the Garands, Un-less you personally took the gun home from the battlefield, consider them to at very best been back to the armory for a once over or at worse complete re-build. That being said, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this, it dates the rifle to the point at which it was re-built, i.e. its part of the history of that specific rifle. I.M.H.O.-SDH
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