RIA cartouch on m1

**mannparks** · 09-18-2012 10:36 PM

has anyone ever seen a RIA/FK cartouche on a winchester m1?

similar too this--images.cloud.worthpoint.com/wpimages/images/images1/1/0311/18/1_ece32d65b2947ee15f8755de2931bce7.jpg

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**emmagee1917** · 09-19-2012 12:36 PM

That is a rebuild stamp , it would have been put on any brand of carbine that went through.
Chris

**mannparks** · 09-19-2012 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by emmagee1917

That is a rebuild stamp , it would have been put on any brand of carbine that went through.
Chris

sorry i meant to say m1 garand

**Prince Humperdink** · 09-19-2012 01:47 PM

Yep,any make can go through that was around at the time.I have also seen WRA/GHD stocks with SA/GAW,and others Inspection marks as well.

**Joe W** · 09-19-2012 09:55 PM

The FK/RIA (Frank Krack) was in use between Sept. 1941 and July 1946. All weapons rebuilt at RIA during WW2 bore the "FK" stamp. As per Bruce N. Canfield.

**mannparks** · 09-20-2012 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by Joe W

The FK/RIA (Frank Krack) was in use between Sept. 1941 and July 1946. All weapons rebuilt at RIA during WW2 bore the "FK" stamp. As per Bruce N. Canfield.

yes understood,but how many M1s went to RIA?

**emmagee1917** · 09-20-2012 05:33 PM

Prob'ly more than you'd first think . The mass of ships taking stuff from the US had to return for the next load , so cargo space was abundant on the return trip. Springfield overhauled thousands of small arms of all types in those years , Duff's red book has the exact figures , I believe. RIA would have been similar . Many were sent back over and used , with many being lost or re-rebuilt after the war , which would erase the RIA markings. Numbers done and numbers remaining are two different things.
I answered the way I did because I have a RIA / FK marked rebuilt carbine , so I was sidetracked.
The remaining examples tend to be hard to find.
Chris

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