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    Yemeni M1 Garand

    I recently acquired this rifle and I am trying to figure out how many others are out there. From my understanding these came in with a shipment of Egyptian FN-49's through CAI in the 1980's and no one quite knew what to think of them at the time. Apparently the Egyptian Army must have captured them during the North Yemen Civil War (1962-1970) where they suffered over 26,000 casualties. From reading "Il garand in Italia 1951-1996" it came to my attention that only 1138 of these rifles were made for the North Yemen contract. All parts I can see are PB marked. Any further info or observations would be greatly appreciated.
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    What a nice rifle to catch...well done.
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    Very good article..thanks!. Many years back there was a M1icon with Arabic markings offered in the old ShotGun News by a private party. One of the twelve?

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    Thanks for the link! Quite a variety of firearms there. Reminds me of my two trips to Afghanistan. Truly another dumping ground of the world's small arms.

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    If you have or know what Instagram is, there is a user by the name of mosingarandguy that has one of these same M1s. If you could contact him, he might have more information for you. It looks like he collects some foreign made Garands so he might have any knowledge you seek. What is mildly interesting is that I only discovered his account this morning and I just learned about these M1s myself.
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    Welcome. That’s a really good blog to follow. Not always about firearms but always interesting.

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    Very interesting rifle.
    My understanding is that the Italians made M1s using Winchester tooling in the 1950s. As well as Berreta, they were made by Breda Meccanica Romana.
    Looks in good nick considering where its been. Have you had it apart? Are all the components Italianicon? Tried it at the range?
    Thanks.

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    The Italians produced ZERO M1icon rifles using any Winchester tooling. Berettas engineers condemned the machinery abandoned by Winchester which was supplied to them, but used the gauges, fixtures, and production flowcharts that were provided wherever possible. Beretta decided to build their own production machinery in house instead, which they never had done before.

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    Thanks for the clarification LavaTech. Do you know if BMR did the same?

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