Hi folks,
I just picked up an HRA Garand at the local gun show this weekend. Barrel gauges about a 2.5, throat erosion is 4. Bore is shiny.
Only the bolt and the receiver appear to be HRA. The sights are marked DRC/UX, trigger assembly is milled SA, barrel seems to be SA. The markings on the barrel confuse me ... they do not look like other examples I have seen. Anyone want to weigh in on the barrel markings?
If I am reading them correctly, this is a 1945 SA barrel on a 1954 HRA receiver. There is electric pencil engraving on one of the receiver legs ... cannot really make out what it says (pictured below).
Here are some pics.
The receiver leg and draw number (these look all warped because the photo angle -- sorry; had bad light).
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The gun seems to be a mix of SA and HRA parts; can't tell whether this is the result of a civilian assembling the gun out of parts later, or an arsenal rebuild.
I took it out to the range this weekend and the gun shot very well. I'm excited to have a Garand again; I sold one of these and a Winchester 1917 to buy my wedding bands 7 years ago.Information
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