IHC Garand - What do you guys think of this one?

I keep looking at this gun. High serial number but a -1 receiver, which supposedly would make it a very early production. My book claims that receiver modifications ran to -35 before production ended. Someone please explain.

Grizz
 
WW2 Garand receivers made by Springfield Armory show drawing numbers running to -35. There was a different drawing number protocol used for the receivers of post WW2 Garands. The Scott Duff and Bruce Canfield books are useful references for this.
 
Dates are a little murkier for IHC production than for others. The 4m s/n range was produced in the late 1953 thru 1954 timeframe while the 5m s/n were produced through 1955 and into early 1956. There are several variations of bolt drawing numbers. A D prefix would be for earlier production. The Scott Duff "blue book" is helpful on this, but it's a bit dated now. Bruce Canfield's big, fat $100 book is a good reference. A fellow in the US named Bradford, as I recall, has been preparing a book on the IHCs.

By all reports Garand production by IHC was pretty chaotic and it seems there were few rules and even more exceptions to them. IHC struggled with QC and production issues at various times. But at the end of the day all rifles accepted for service did pass govt inspection and they all sported those fine LMR barrels.;)
 
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