Garand Barrel Quiz

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3 yrs ago or so I ran a few quizzes on different aspects of the M1 Garand which folks seemed to enjoy.

Here is another 2 part quiz on Garand barrels to tweak the interest of shooters and collectors.

1. Part 1. Which US manufacturers supplied Garand barrels on military contracts during WW2?

2. Part 2. Which US manufacturers supplied Garand barrels on military contracts during the post WW2 period?
 
OneBarfly said:
LMR (Line Material Co. of Birmingham, AL) supplied barrels for the tractor Garand and later HRA Garands
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Being a prairie farm boy and grew up around and drove International Harvester farm equipment, I always wanted a "Tractor Garand", i missed out when P&S Militaria had a IH M1,listed, someone else beat me,and had to settle for a H&R m1,
 
I did a bit of digging on Garand barrel manufacturers,

Buffalo Arms supplied barrels, marked BA, these are rare, more common on M1 carbine
VAR barrels for Danish m1 garand, high quality barrels
Beretta and Breda for Italian mfr Garands
 
Here's the detail on these.

Part 1. US makers who produced barrels on military contracts during WW2 were;

1. Springfield Armory
2. Winchester. These are marked "D35448 W.R.A. on top of the chamber.
3. Marlin. These are marked "D35448 Marlin" on top of the chamber and had a blued commercial type finish, rather than being parkerized. These are known as "Blue Marlins" among collectors and are very rare.
4. Buffalo Arms. These are marked "D-35448-13(or another 2 digit number)-BA" over the chamber. Again, they are quite rare.

Part 2. US contractors who made barrels on military contracts post-WW2 were;

1. Springfield Armory. SA produced barrels in both standard .30-06 and 7.62 NATO chamberings. The 7.62 barrels are quite scarce.
2. Line Material Company. These incorporate "LMR" with the drawing number and were standard on International Harvester Garands. HRA also used some as original installations. These have an excellent reputation for accuracy and were sometimes used on match conditioned rifles.
3. Harrington & Richardson. These incorporate "HRA" with the drawing number.
4. Winchester. Unlike the WW2 WRA barrels, these have the full name "Winchester" on the right side of the barrel along with the drawing number.
5. Marlin. Unlike the WW2 Marlin barrels, these show the marking D6653448-Marlin" on top or side of the barrel and are parkerized.
6. Rock Island Arsenal. These show a drawing number "RIA11686320" on the right side of the barrel and were only made in 7.62 NATO. These are very rare.
 
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