Hey all,
Just looking for some feedback on a November '42 Springfield M1 Garand.
Photographs of the barrel are provided here: Imgur: The magic of the Internet
Photographs of the rest of the rifle: Imgur: The magic of the Internet
The rifle is all correct, with an exception of the bolt (-12SA W10B appeared in mid '43 unless I am mistaken since W9B shows up around August '42) and *potentially* the lockbar sights, which are Type II. Serial 1000000, also built in November, has Type I; this one built ~6,000 later has Type II. It's my understanding that according to Scott Duff, the change was announced on November 14, but the change would not have been immediate.
The chamber does not appear to be parkerized and the date on the barrel matches that of the receiver and is interesting in that the stamp appears to have bounced. The lower band pin does appear to still be in the rifle, but it looks like it has two strikes: one on the bottom, and one on the side.
Does the appearance of two strikes retaining the lower band pin mean that the barrel is not original to the rifle?
Looking for any and all feedback.
Thank you!
Respectfully,
- MichaelInformation
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