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7-15-19 Garand Picture of the Day
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1 2 3
Taken at the GCA
convention at Springfield. We paid Rock Island to insure and bring #2, I brought my #3... quite a picture 
Attendees could have their pictures taken with them behind glass and physically holding #3, very popular.
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Where is #1 located Bob? SA museum? And by Rock Island, you mean their museum at RIA?
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Yes on both. #3 is in my safe BTW, it's the only one of the three with John Garand's original finish. SA's #1 has been Parked, and RIA's #2 has been blued to come close to the original "oxidized" finish. That's essentially the old rust blue. SA hated Parkerizing and strongly resisted it until Ordnance finally laid down the law.
The #7 shown was Eddie Zajac's total restoration using Gas Trap parts. The receiver came back for rebuild and Eddie acquired it. I believe the #8 shown shown is a T20 variant with a Bennell Machine experimental sight.
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Yes on both. #3 is in my safe
BTW, it's the only one of the three with John
Garand's original finish. SA's #1 has been Parked, and RIA's #2 has been blued to come close to the original "oxidized" finish. That's essentially the old rust blue. SA hated Parkerizing and strongly resisted it until Ordnance finally laid down the law.
The #7 shown was Eddie Zajac's total restoration using Gas Trap parts. The receiver came back for rebuild and Eddie acquired it. I believe the #8 shown shown is a T20 variant with a Bennell Machine experimental sight.
Bob
have any other model shops surfaced
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Some Model shop receivers have surfaced over the years having been rebuilt to later configurations. Serial number 19 was in Wisconsin with a LMR barrel years ago
and serial number 23 was restored to a later gas trap build but had been torch cut down one side but repaired, looked good . Someone claimed to have a model shop
receiver without a serial number too.
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Billy Pyle down in Texas has #5 he bought many years ago from Art Tuttle. I had receiver #80 and took the photo of it next to #81 at SA. Recently sold it. Also have #64.
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Impressive Bob! Thanks for sharing.
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Billy Pyle down in Texas has #5 he bought many years ago from Art Tuttle. I had receiver #80 and took the photo of it next to #81 at SA. Recently sold it. Also have #64.
Bob
How did you arrive at the decision to part with # 80?
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