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    Smile For Father’s Day; The twins needed a NEW DADDY !

    Local gun show over Father’s Day weekend. I figured this would be a great time to clean out the gun room, and acquire some extra gun $$$. I was right! I sold everything I had brought with me, before the end of Saturday. The problem was, the guy at the table behind me was selling this BEAUTIFUL CMPicon M1icon Garand. After I had sold all my stuff I was still short a hundred for his asking price. After sitting around shooting the breeze for the rest of the afternoon, he decided to cut me a break and let me have it for the $800 I had picked up. Very nice guy I think, let me know if you agree.

    The Twins ( I.B.M. & I.B.M (AO) ):






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    Nice clean Birch on the rifle! Long time since I've seen one around here like that. I bought a full set from Numrich about 30 years back and did a rifle up. Looked a bit strange at the time but sure looked clean. Nice little carbine too by the way. And the $800 would be a nice trade, just hand off all your stuff you don't want and get an M1icon...
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    Any time you can get a Garand for two mouse guns, that's a deal LOL. Nice M1icon, ya done good!
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    Thot looks like a vurry noice rifle, my man.

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    Here is some history that started my collection of military surplus weapons; the M1icon carbine with the 36th ID badge was my first. I was named after an uncle that was KIA 1/2/45 in Franceicon. My mother and father never told me much more about him, and it just seemed a subject better left alone.
    With some internet searching I was able to find the “American Battle Monuments Commission”, and locate my uncle’s final resting place. They were able to provide me with photos of his actual grave site.

    One day I did a google search for “PFC Frederick North” and was astonished to get the following results.
    Anyone know PFC(?) Fredrick North? in 36th Infantry Division Forum
    Some other stories, mainly the one "Close Call with Incoming Mortars", are what prompted me to assemble the memorial carbine.
    PFC Marshall E Thomas memories of WWII in 36th Infantry Division Forum

    The first carbine is a 3.7mil S/N IBM (~Feb. ’44). I found it at a gun show in an “Alpine” stock. I traded a Taurus PT1911 for it. I found the aftermarket stock and hand guard on GunBroker for only $50. After a quick tracing of one of my uncle’s unit badges on the stock, it was easy to rout out that section deep enough for the patch to set flush, using a Dremel router. I used a stain of coffee and Birchwood Casey walnut, followed by 5 coats of Tru-Oil. Then I used “Gorilla Glue” to glue the patch in place, and covered the threads with 3 coats of “Tough as Nails” clear nail polish.
    The second carbine is a 3.9mil S/N IBM w/AO (~Mar. ’44). After seeing the “AO” stamping (Auto Ordnance manufactured a few receivers for IBM) under the S/N, I just had to get it for a matched set.
    Both carbines are mix masters and have very good barrels (I believe they are original); There are no import marks on either of them. After seeing most Garands selling around me for over the $1K mark, I was very happy to get this one for only $800.
    I will update with a range report as soon as I can.

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