Recoil plate screw? "X"?

[Garandrew]

Not this early..looks funky too.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=135321895
Andy

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[ScottR]

I believe Charlie caught this seller listing a original carbine from a receiver he bought on GB a month earlier. Seems to assemble "parts guns" and then list them on GB as originals.

[Bubba-7]

The restoration work is above average. Just a few things give it away. It would be a nice $1,250 carbine.

[snipershot1944]

Interesting how the seller essentially says it looks original, without saying it is original. Hope his gunsmithing ability is as good as his wordsmithing ability.

[FTD1167]

He must have missed the paragraph on recoil plate screws..
Maybe they added that in Augusta or maybe Salerno..
Gun was made 12/42 or 1/43 should have dated barrel.
Almost impossible to find, also needs a type 1 stock and type 1 hand-guard.
He has a long way to go to command that kind of bucks.

[BrianQ]

He must have missed the paragraph on recoil plate screws..

Gun was made 12/42 or 1/43 should have dated barrel.

Production date would be May 1943

[FTD1167]

How long into '43 did they produce spring-tubes?

Brian I stand Corrected. A little off on my math-work...

[deserttrans]

Question.... what does the X on the recoil plate screw indicate??

[Curt]

Oh yeah that was the M1A1 guy from last month.

[ulflyer]

Winchester used "x" screws.