M1 Garands .......... Beretta or Breda?

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Would a Breda or VAR barrel not fit a Beretta receiver?

 

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Yes, Breda and VAR barrels will fit any Garand receiver.

 

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Such is the beauty of standards which are followed

 

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There is a collectors cachet associated with the US made Garands with WW2 era Springfields and Winchesters commanding a premium because of their use in WW2 and Korea. That said, all of the US made rifles, incl the post-war Springfields, Harrington & Richardsons, and International Harvesters are more in demand than either of the Italian made Berettas or Bredas. People should not be disdainful of the Italian Garands as both were made to a very high quality standard with complete interchangeability with US parts.

In the overall there were less Bredas produced than any other make. The Bredas are quite numerous in Canada as a high percentage of them were among the rifles imported from Denmark in the 1990s.