New to Garands - New Rife

[daddybee]

I've enjoyed looking at milsurps.com the past few years. I finally decided to register an account due to a new Garand purchase. Being new to Garands, I don't know as much as I would like. I did some looking through the posts the past few days to gather information about my new purchase. Thanks members and posters for the great information to get me started.

I purchased this rifle a few days ago. It is a 44 SA with SA parts mostly of 44 vintage. Barrel is pitted but bright in spots. The rifling is good with some muzzle wear. I paid under retail (prices for a post war mix-master average 1200-1600 in our area) from a local LGS that gave me first crack at this one. The parker/mag/blue whatever is dark but all the same throughout the rifle. The stock has been sanded lightly but enough to remove the cartouches (faintly see the correct period markings). I took pictures of all the parts I could find numbers and stampings on. No import stamp on this one.

Please let me know if you have any more information about this one. Does it look to be original, refurb, etc. I love the history of milsurp firearms.

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