Got my CMPInland racker today. Yippee! Stickies work! It is serial No. Range 3,09X,XXX. Barrel Inland marked 12-43 (same month and year of my Underwood). Needs cleaned up, but here is what I have so far at first glance.
No rust or pits, and looks to be more than 50% finish. I don't have a muzzle gauge, but a GI M2 ball still shows just over 3/16 inch! BORE IS BRIGHT AND SHINY WITH CRISP RIFLING, AND CHAMBER SHINY.It has a Type two flat bolt and Type II slide, recoil spring is great (still 10 1/4"). Trigger guard is a SG type III from what I can see, with lots of finish on it. Has flip safety and a Milled type II rear sight lightly staked in place. Bayonet lug band has finish the same as the rest of it.
It is a GI Type III walnut stock with a beat to death butt plate, but it has been sanded down a moderate amount, and no cartouches left. Initials carved in in two places. Probably why it is a rack grade. Judging by finish (old Linseed) it was sanded long ago. It has some nicks and dings, but nothing horrendous. Two rivet matching handguard. We will see if any traces of cartouches show up when I saturate it and clean it with BLO& mineral spirits mix. When I detail strip it, I will give a run down on what else I find.
My Underwood has a complete type III Inland trigger guard assembly that is all correct for this serial # Inland, and I may put it on the Inland and take the SG group and put it on the Underwood. We'll see.
I am a HAPPY man! Best $419 + shipping I have ever spent.Information
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