New to Garands

[Tonto]

Hey whats up? This is my first time posting. A few weeks ago i shot one of my buddies M1 Garands and after shooting it I relized that i wanted to have one. I just bought one and am very pleased with it. It looks great and I hope it shoots as good as it looks. I started to look on the internet to know alittle more about my new rifle and came across many people saying that their rifle was rewelded and now im kinda worried since i never heard of such a thing. My question is how can you tell? I seen alot of people saying that the receivers numbers have to match but since i dont have any reference books about the rifles I have no clue if mine match or not. Is their any good websites or books that I should buy to put my mind at ease?

Mine is a Springfield Armory serial number 17275xx and the other marking that I see are B6B with a triangle next to it and under those letters is the number D28291 28 and at the far top right hand corner the letter k.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I was also wondering about what year it was manufactured i think i got it to 1943 but not sure. I just want to put my mind at ease so I can really enjoy my new rifle. Their addicting as I already want another one.

Tonto

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[Devil Dog]

Your receiver was made in July 1943. Your numbers are correct, therefore, there should be no worries about it being a "welded" receiver. Get one of the books (I suggest Scott Duff's) about M1's and check out all the parts on your M1. It's almost as much fun as shooting it.

[Tonto]

Thanks I just wanted to know. Ya i was looking over the parts to my rifle and seen that i have a winchester bolt and the rest of what i see is springfield. Ill be sure to get that book. Thanks alot

[The Wizard]

The term is actually "WELDED" receiver. Since the M1 was never welded to begin with it can not be rewelded! Back in the 1950's and 1960's when there was a very limited supply of M1's people would take demiled M1's (at that time to demil a M1 the receiver was saw cut in half) and weld them back together. Since the halves were all mixed together you did know if the front half actually belonged to the rear half you were putting it on. B6B is the heat lot code of the steel used it make the receiver. D28291 is the Ordnance drawing number for the receiver drawing and 28 is the revision level of that drawing. Certain manufacturers (SA, Winchester, HRA and IHC) have heat lots associated with them. Serial numbers indicate date of manufacturer and this is associated with revision level.

If you are into shooting and not collecting don't be too concerned about CORRECT parts.