-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
-
07-19-2009 08:12 PM
# ADS
Friends and Sponsors
-
Legacy Member
One of mine "3 GMK" in a box.
john
-
-
-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
Mine could be a K also. Is the K on yours farther from the M than the M is from the G? On mine it looks like there is equal spacing between the 3 and the G and the G and the M, but a much larger space between the M and the last letter (R or K).
-
Legacy Member
SMLE N0.4 Mk 1 U.S. Property ?
I have an SMLE No.4 Mk1 that has U.S. Property stamped on it. I bought it years ago from Century International. Did the U.S. utilize these rifles? Is this bogus or what? Any body out there got any clues?
I'll try to attach photos.
-
-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
Found a posting on another forum asking about a 3 GM-K cartouche. With the spacing of my cartouche it's possible that it's 3 G M - K.
-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
That cartouche is the infamous and mysterious 3GM-K. It is a WWII rebuild stamp of unknown origin although many theories abound. The exact meaning even puzzles Nick Ferris.
I have a Winchester M1917 with this stamp.
-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
Thanks. I guess it's good to know that no one knows!!
-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
Hey Al,
Best guess from the best man, not me, is General Motors. Think he is still not positive...
LB
-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
Lance, not to flame you but GM was involved with making M1 carbines during WWII. GM is a manufacturing facility, not a refurbishment facility. Arsenals did the refurbishments. GM is a plausible theory. It fits the GM part of 3 GM K. But no record exists to corroborate the theory. I've read where the K may mean Kelvinator division of GM. I don't know if GM made refrigerators, although GM made some pretty COOL automobiles! Pun intended! So what about the 3 part of 3 GM-K? I love the mystery and the speculations.
-
FREE MEMBER
NO Posting or PM's Allowed
Hey T,
What was GM's involvment with manufacturing Carbines? Not my collecting niche but have a very interesting QH with mostly correct parts for the period of manufacture. Very accurate with peep at twenty five yards, kinda crazy accurate at that range.
Have an expensive copy of "Warbaby" and don't recall any mention of GM being involved in carbine manufacture. There were no GM sub-contractor parts listed for QH carbines. Believe me, studied the QH chapter in great detail. Did they make parts for the other manufacturers?
Gonna' sell the carbine at next weekends show if somebody comes up with twelve hundred...it's real fine.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Lancebehr