Qestion About M1 Front Handguard Ferrules

**Normanclature** · 06-25-2009 06:07 PM

The front handguard ferrule on some M1 icon

handguards has a small vertical indentation (looks like a - )which, when viewed on a rifle, is about halfway between the bbl and the gas cyl. Why is this on some front hg and not others? Does it indicate a particular manufacturer or a production time period? If so, what manufacturer or time period?

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**ROCK** · 06-26-2009 02:46 AM

I have seen those indentations on original post war SA rifles.

**ROCK** · 06-27-2009 01:17 AM

I should add that I have seen discussions here about Winchester front handguard ferrules having these indents. I don't have any original Winchester M1 icon

's so I can't tell you for sure from my personal observations.

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