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    Is my NM Garand Receiver correct?

    SA receiver SN 1,074,250 receiver leg drawing data "D28291 30" with heat lot "B 18 B" 'diamond' unaltered original or a reweld? Everything else on rifle consistent with Type II NM but want to be sure before trying to sell it as have no paper "documentation". Thanks in advance for any help; I have been unable to find correlation of heat lots with receivers, only bolts.
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    Looks like a welded receiver. Revision number and heat lot aren't even close. The front and rear halves are about one year apart.

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    A serial number in that serial number range(1.2 million) would be a rare bird. Most (not all) SA NM's were built on new receivers. When I was in the Army Reserve we had many Special Marksmanship Units-- SMU's-- that were essentially shooting teams. Most of the SMU's built their own NM rifles, or had a the local Army Post build the rifles for them. We had piles of real NM parts on hand. Most of the unit members had the Unit build a NM clone using a DCM Garandicon. Almost impossible to authenticate these rifles. Not true NM's but Team Rifles. The SMU's are now gone, budget axe got them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Calif-Steve View Post
    A serial number in that serial number range(1.2 million) would be a rare bird. Most (not all) SA NM's were built on new receivers. .
    Not really rare. As per "The Type 2 National Match, Part 1" by Bob Seijasicon and found in the Fall 2003 GCAicon Journal. " New receivers on hand at SA had been largely used up in 1958, and SA began to draw from its stock of used receivers during 1959. Therefore Type 2 NM rifles can include the entire SA serial range." My Type 2 N.M., a 1963 build, is in the 3.1 serial range.

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    As I wrote "most (not all) SA NM's were built on new receivers." Is was and is true. You will find serial numbers of WWII receivers on real NM's. But you then must have the correct paperwork for said rifle. As I wrote, when I was in the Army reserve we had footlockers full of real NM parts. We could and did make nice NM clones all of the time. So beware of WWII receivers, the paperwork is a must.

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