The Lend Lease Garand came today

[Bob Seijas]

I know it's not much help now, but we have a two-part article on butt plates in the works for the GCA Journal. I did the early stuff for Part 1 and Tony Pucci is doing the second part on the trap door plates. The text is done, now he is re-taking all the pictures from his original research to make them color close-ups. The first part was scheduled for the Spring issue now at the printer, but it was pushed ahead to Summer to make space for a member article that came in. That means the butt plate articles will probably be in the Summer and Fall issues.

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[GUTS]

Just for informational purposes here is the early butt plate that RCS referred to. You can see the half round radius below the bottom screw and above the top screw snd the checkering pattern with the four checkering points under the lower butt screw with the center two cut in half as RCS stated. As my rifle was manufactured, at the earliest, late Dec 1941, the both screws are the same. To me a picture is worth a thousand words.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...uttPlate-1.jpg

Thanks for the picture Joe, now I know what you fellows are talking about. If the rest of that rifle is in as nice a shape as the butt plate it must be outstanding.

[tom gray]

Guts
You have a very nice rifle! Congradulations My LL #430582 has the same buttplate as
yours. I will not be changing it. It looks pretty original to me.
Tom