This is coming up for auction and I haven't a clue as to what I need to look for. Is it genuine or a fake? I may not be able to afford it at the end, but if I am in the ballpark, it will help to know if it is a correct rifle. Thank you!
This is coming up for auction and I haven't a clue as to what I need to look for. Is it genuine or a fake? I may not be able to afford it at the end, but if I am in the ballpark, it will help to know if it is a correct rifle. Thank you!
Hard to tell on an M1D (barrel mounted M84) without papers.
Real men measure once and cut.
I could see that one of the screws on the scope mount was messed up indicating someone other than an armorer messed with it. Since it is an auction piece, there are no papers. It is part of a large collection that is being sold. Thank you for your input since I consider it very important!Originally Posted by Bob Seijas
I can only speak to the cheekpad but it looks to be original. Russet vegetable-tanned cowhide at 7/8oz. Correct triangular back tack pattern that locks in the stitch from the Randall stitcher.
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Concur the cheekpad looks GI. I'm not confident without closer pictures of the markings and block 'face'. The 90 degree angle of the block on the right side is reminiscent of the reproduction blocks.
Which of course it's not been.Originally Posted by Bob Seijas
Regards, Jim
The screw head in the thumbscrew isn't original is it? They're riveted. I've never seen a slotted screw head inside the thumbscrew.
IF, the mount is original, it could be someone (not the military) utilized a slotted 5/16x32NF slotted screw to "repair" a GI mount which the original riveted screw broke. Over the years I've found three examples where the screw was missing (broke?) or had been replaced with field expedient substitute. Most older reproductions had the screw welded, but i seen one that was a ad-hoc repair of an original.Originally Posted by Brian Dick
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