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Nice lookin' rifle Mike...conjecture is the lubricants of the time or preservatives are what gave the greenish tinge. Yours has been handled lots and not abused so it has the glassy finish look to it that's unmistakable original park...
Thank you kindly for your reply! My father and drove six hours up to Buffalo to grab this, so we have a nice little story to go along with it.
If you don’t mind, you mentioned that it shows signs of handling, could you tell me more about that?
Additionally, someone explained to me in another forum that some May ‘44 rifles were in transport but never made it to combat. Do you know the validity of that statement?
You may also send me a private message if that’s necessary, I don’t want to overtake this thread with my own questions/interests.
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04-18-2022 12:20 PM
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No concern about overtaking the thread, the more info, history, ect. the better.....
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Originally Posted by
Ms15710
some May ‘44 rifles were in transport but never made it to combat
Seems unlikely... the 2.7 rifle recovered from a fallen GI in France in August carried a March 1944 barrel, so at MOST it took five months from Springfield Armory to combat, and very probably less.
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Originally Posted by
Ms15710
it shows signs of handling,
Not abuse but the smoothness resulting from hands on. This can easily be from the 70 plus years after the war. Thankfully no one decided to just bead blast and refinish it to darken it up... No dings or scrapes, just hands on from time.
I thought of bringing a pic or two forward here but they're all the same. A nearly new looking rifle with a beautiful smooth finish. Wood's about perfect.
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Thank you, Bob. This actually may have answered one of my other questions of how long the timeline was from a rifle leaving Springfield Armory (or Winchester Repeating Arms) to reaching the frontlines. You say at most this would take five months?
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In that particular case, yes, so it's possible. I'm reminded of the German commander who was shown a birthday cake taken from a US position... he said the war is surely lost when they can send a cake from America and have it arrive still fresh, while I can't get fuel for my tanks when it's 200 kilometres away.
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