M1 Carbine stock markings

[ricohman]

I am trying to decipher all the markings on a Saginaw M1 I recently obtained.
The stock is giving me some trouble and these are the only markings I can see,
The receiver and barrel along with all the other parts are the usual post war rebuild with rotary safety and barrel band with bayonet lug.
The stock appears to be a type V with an early handguard. The "64" appears nowhere else on the rifle. Just on the wood.

 

[purple]

That looks like a post-WW2 "perchbelly" M2 Carbine stock. The US military didn't number stocks to the rifle, so it could have been done by a foreign military. Original Saginaw M1 Carbine stocks (they didn't make M2s) can be ID'd with the letters "SG".

 

[navchallenged]

Bavarian carbines were typically stamped with the last 2,3 or 4 of the rifles serial number, on any part big enough to hold a number.

 

[contact148]

stock looks messed with OR made offshore

 

[ricohman]

All the metal parts are in excellent shape. It looks like it was refurbed then stashed away. Cosmoline still present and no wear to the bluing, even on the bolt. Barrel is excellent and is a Saginaw like the receiver.
No other marks on the metal other than what was stamped when they where made.
Perhaps it is a post war German carbine? Somebody took the time to refurb it. The stock does not look like walnut. I agree with purple in that it is a post war stock with the bulge at the bottom.

 

[contact148]

what are the markings on the bolt trigger group and T-group internals?

 

[ricohman]

Rock-ola on the housing. Never stripped it any further though.

 

[contact148]

you should be able to see hammer,sear,mag release and bolt, and slide, without anything more then normal field strip

 

[ricohman]

I only have one arm for the time being. This is as far as I can go.

 

[contact148]

your hammer is rock-ola

so you might have a full rock-ola trigger group

looks like metal was refinished its darker then GI park...could be your pics too

when your able take it apart and list the markings if you want to know what they are

 

[ricohman]

I have finally found the mystery stamp.
It is a west German stamp. The marking can be seen towards the bottom of this page.
http://www.bavarianm1carbines.com/parts.html