Hello,
I recently picked up this pretty decent November 1940 Sprinfield M1 Garand. Most of the parts are legit for the time period. The receiver seems to have been hot blued long ago and you can see the mark on the barrel just ahead of the chamber and the chamber has been blued. The first 5 inches or so of the muzzle seems to have been dipped as well. In the middle section of the barrel it shows the original dark greenish tint parkerizing. I have read that the Greeks did a bunch of stuff to their Garands, but I can't be sure. It also has British proof marks on the barrel where it meets the receiver. Under them, you can just barely make out the Not British Make under a line of squiggles. I have seen this proof mark on other rifles and pistols and it seems that this mark was lightly and unevenly struck so that only the top squiggle and the top of the lettering shows. This may point to a lend lease rifle as the serial number is just before they started that program.
The bore is pretty worn with the last few inches of rifling barely remaining. I am still trying to get all of the years of build up out of it. The stocks were covered with old varnish and I am in the process of stripping that off and I will be sending them to Louthepou for some crack repairs. The cartouche on the right hand side is gone from sanding, but the "P" proof on the underside of the pistol grip is still there.
Once I have the stocks back up to par and coated with lots of pure linseed oil, I will have the headspace verified and take her to the range to see how badly the rifling really is. I will also put up some pictures of what she looks like assembled.
Here is a list of parts with types and drawing numbers:
Receiver Serial # 88712, DN D 28291-3SA (The receiver and rear 10 inches of the barrel have been hot blued and in nice condition, but not correct. I almost wonder if it was hot blued over top of the worn parkerizing as all the roll markings and tool markings are perfect and not touched by sanding/polishing at all)
Type 1B clip latch
Flush nut rear sight with correct flat cover spring type 1D that may have been blued with the rear sight base. The elevation knob is checkerd and the windage knob is knurled.
Bolt D28287 -2SA - T1 with round firing pin (Rear right lug has early hole that goes into the extractor spring hole on the other side)
Barrel S-A 10-40 D3544 8-4 T-11-B (Quite worn at the muzzle and comes up a 5 on my gauge throat errosion comes up at 2 on my gauge. the last few inches of rifling are very weak. The rest of it seems to be in fair to good condion. I will see how it shoots when I get the stock fixed before I decide to change it out with a very nice Dec 1941 barrel)
OP Rod D35382 - 1 - SA uncut (The tube is striped and in the white and the handle section is blued/blackened)
Type 5 follower rod with round spring
Type 2 Op Rod Catch
Type 3 Follower arm
Type 2 Follower arm pin
Type 2 Follower
Type 2A Bullet guide DN B8875-1SA
Type 5 Trigger housing D28290-5-SA
Type 1G Trigger guard
Type 2A Hammer
Type 1 Hammer spring plunger
Type 3A* Safety C46015-6SA
Type 2A Gas cylinder with narrow sight base
Type 1 (A or B) Gas cylinder lock
Type 2 Front sight screw with seal
Type 2B Stock that was sanded and varnished circle P still visible on under side of wrist, but nothing on the left side remains
Type 2 Stock furrule 2nd variation
Original rear handguard without OP Rod cut out
Type 1B rear handguard clip with groove
Type 1C Arched Lower band with solid pin
I recently picked up this pretty decent November 1940 Sprinfield M1 Garand. Most of the parts are legit for the time period. The receiver seems to have been hot blued long ago and you can see the mark on the barrel just ahead of the chamber and the chamber has been blued. The first 5 inches or so of the muzzle seems to have been dipped as well. In the middle section of the barrel it shows the original dark greenish tint parkerizing. I have read that the Greeks did a bunch of stuff to their Garands, but I can't be sure. It also has British proof marks on the barrel where it meets the receiver. Under them, you can just barely make out the Not British Make under a line of squiggles. I have seen this proof mark on other rifles and pistols and it seems that this mark was lightly and unevenly struck so that only the top squiggle and the top of the lettering shows. This may point to a lend lease rifle as the serial number is just before they started that program.
The bore is pretty worn with the last few inches of rifling barely remaining. I am still trying to get all of the years of build up out of it. The stocks were covered with old varnish and I am in the process of stripping that off and I will be sending them to Louthepou for some crack repairs. The cartouche on the right hand side is gone from sanding, but the "P" proof on the underside of the pistol grip is still there.
Once I have the stocks back up to par and coated with lots of pure linseed oil, I will have the headspace verified and take her to the range to see how badly the rifling really is. I will also put up some pictures of what she looks like assembled.
Here is a list of parts with types and drawing numbers:
Receiver Serial # 88712, DN D 28291-3SA (The receiver and rear 10 inches of the barrel have been hot blued and in nice condition, but not correct. I almost wonder if it was hot blued over top of the worn parkerizing as all the roll markings and tool markings are perfect and not touched by sanding/polishing at all)
Type 1B clip latch
Flush nut rear sight with correct flat cover spring type 1D that may have been blued with the rear sight base. The elevation knob is checkerd and the windage knob is knurled.
Bolt D28287 -2SA - T1 with round firing pin (Rear right lug has early hole that goes into the extractor spring hole on the other side)
Barrel S-A 10-40 D3544 8-4 T-11-B (Quite worn at the muzzle and comes up a 5 on my gauge throat errosion comes up at 2 on my gauge. the last few inches of rifling are very weak. The rest of it seems to be in fair to good condion. I will see how it shoots when I get the stock fixed before I decide to change it out with a very nice Dec 1941 barrel)
OP Rod D35382 - 1 - SA uncut (The tube is striped and in the white and the handle section is blued/blackened)
Type 5 follower rod with round spring
Type 2 Op Rod Catch
Type 3 Follower arm
Type 2 Follower arm pin
Type 2 Follower
Type 2A Bullet guide DN B8875-1SA
Type 5 Trigger housing D28290-5-SA
Type 1G Trigger guard
Type 2A Hammer
Type 1 Hammer spring plunger
Type 3A* Safety C46015-6SA
Type 2A Gas cylinder with narrow sight base
Type 1 (A or B) Gas cylinder lock
Type 2 Front sight screw with seal
Type 2B Stock that was sanded and varnished circle P still visible on under side of wrist, but nothing on the left side remains
Type 2 Stock furrule 2nd variation
Original rear handguard without OP Rod cut out
Type 1B rear handguard clip with groove
Type 1C Arched Lower band with solid pin
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