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Last edited by GUTS; 04-09-2011 at 03:31 PM.
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04-09-2011 03:11 PM
# ADS
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Scott Duff commented on this in his 1999 article " Barrel Usage on New M1 Rifle Production 1952 -1957, Part 2 - International Harvester " found in Vol. 14, Num. 1 of the GCA Journal. Scott states that for the "serial number range 5004047 through 5197931 it is found that barrel dates range from Dec. 1953 to April 1955. However, the barrel dates do not appear to run in serial number sequence. It is not possible to determine if the rifles were assembled far out of serial number order or the barrels were used out of date order. Quite a few original rifles in this serial number range have been observed with SA barrels. SA-barreled rifles appear throughout the serial number range. Dates range from March 1952 through March of 1954, with most dated in 1953. There appears to be no pattern to their usage. The reason behind the use of SA barrels is unknown as many LMR barrels were used in late HRA production and by Springfield Armory during rebuild. One would expect these LMR barrels to have gone to IHC and precluded the need for SA to furnish barrels. It's another IHC mystery." This article is now 12 years old but not a whole lot more is known about the operations at IHC than was known when this article was written.
Last edited by Joe W; 04-21-2011 at 09:53 PM.
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Thanks for the information Joe. It's not often you see three IHCs in the same place with the serial numbers that close, it make for interesting comparisons.
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