SA 1-42, with type 1 short pinion lockbar

[Garandrew]

Ive cleaned this up, and oiled it, the only part I replaced was a band, too bad the stocks sanded, but it is what it is, BNP proofed on top of barrel
Is it pretty sure it was a GHS stock?





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[RCS]

Alot of interesting changes that collectors look for on these rifles;

1) lower bands with a single letter (I have seen a few too)

2) revision 2 and revision 12 bolts both with the lot lot RE5B

3) lip added to the accelerator

4) revision 9 follower (found on s/n 533252)Attachment 14059

[browningautorifle]

Can anyone tell me what the little mark is on the rear sight cover spring? Mine doesn't show up as well as this one but it's there.

[RCS]

Markings on the rear sight covers started on the "flat" SA covers in 1940 and from the list that I have last well into the indented covers too.

some samples from 1941: 2, B, F, ^,?, *, NR,F, j, 3, and on

[miuwcm3]

I know this is an older thread, but just purchased a LL 521xxx, and is all, looks original, with a -12 bolt heat lot of RE5C. Heat lot is correct for timeframe, and curious as to what is special with the RE5B heat lots? Mr. Duff's book brackets this one also, and both have the 5B code.

[EdG]

Some bolt heat lots may fall into different revisions. The RE5B and RE5C heat lots are found in both the -2SA and the -12SA revisions. The -2SA revision of these two heat lots seems to be less common than the -12SA.

I don't think there is anything particularly special about the RE5B heat lot other than it tends to be seen often in the March-April '42 time period as does the RE5C.

[Joe W]

Can anyone tell me what the little mark is on the rear sight cover spring? Mine doesn't show up as well as this one but it's there.

Good article by Tony Pucci "Marking of Rear Sight Covers" in the Fall 1993 issue of the GCA Journal.

[RCS]

While certain revision 2 and revision 12 bolts can have the same heat lot code, the main difference is that the right lug on the revision 2 bolt has a hole through it while the revision 12 is without this hole through the lug.
Highest serial number that I have found with a revision 2 bolt RE5B is 519576 and starting with 524290 with a revision 12 bolt RE5B but there has to be more of a overlap. Once found s/n 544121 with a S-A 10-41 barrel and the gas port area was chromed and the T.E. was 1.0. Owner purchase at Klein's Sporting Goods in Chicago in 1962. Could have been a salvaged barrel ?

[Bob Seijas]

It appears that plating was a standard SA repair procedure, although not often called for. You will remember Art Tuttle's story that he rejected a lot of 200 Gas Trap barrels because they were "undersize in the gas cylinder bearing area," and that they "were sent back for plating" to bring them up to spec.

[EdG]

In my database, I show -2SA RE5B bolts on 524212 (Scott Duff GCA Journal V20- I1 Winter 2005 pg. 27) and 529703. I show 522180 and 523318 with the -12SA RE5B. The highest -12 that I feel comfortable about originality is 576842. On the defunct Garand Data site, 717682 was reported as original with the -12 RE5B bolt but I cannot be sure of originality (very well could be though).

The -12SA RE6B bolts are seen with and without the hole in the right operating lug. I have seen -12SA RE5B bolts with the hole. I'm not sure about the RE5C, however. But I'm thinking they, too, have the hole.

I have 501023, London proof Lend Lease, with barrel S-A 9-41, chromed gas port area, T.E. 1.0. The barrel appears to be swaged (?) where it screws into the receiver. The bolt is -2SA RE2.