M1 Garand help!

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Sks464

Discussion Starter · 7 d ago

I’ve posted this on some Facebook groups, but nothing 100% yet. Looks like a pretty obvious fakery. I’m just trying to see if anyone has any info on what is going on with these markings. For example, there is 11-SA-8 under the rear handguard. Can’t make sense of that. There’s a 30-06 stamp that I don’t recognize. Is this a criterion barrel? Maybe citadel? There are no import marks. Just trying to figure out something more than just “it doesn’t look right”.

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· #4 · 7 d ago

Sks464 said:
Here are a few pictures I took outside, just in case in clarifies anything. Great information! The stock is a replacement, which I knew when I bought it.

US military barrels for the M1 rifle are not marked 30-06, the drawing number on the top of the barrel will have
a revision number. The date (your receiver) will be upside down and start with S-A then the barrel date.

my photos show a June 1940 barrel for reference of the markings

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· #5 · 7 d ago

RS said:
US military barrels for the M1 rifle are not marked 30-06, the drawing number on the top of the barrel will have
a revision number. The date (your receiver) will be upside down and start with S-A then the barrel date.

my photos show a June 1940 barrel for reference of the markings

first photo not showing will try again

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· #7 · 7 d ago

You can overlook the fake date and drawing number on this barrel, I just posted an original example

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· #10 · 7 d ago

MW2152 said:
I was of the same mind as Mr. Thompson - it was an import. Some imports are stamped with the caliber of it is not somewhere else on the gun.

I sure could be wrong, it’s just the first thing that came to mind when I saw your pic.

RS said:
You can not overlook the fake date and drawing number on this barrel, I just posted an original example

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· #13 · 6 d ago

jimthompson502002 said:
Also: Most of the genuine gas cylinder lock screws were finished very dark, almost true black.

This is not the most questionable rifle I've seen. It's almost as if someone wanted a very nice visual restoration, using a few repro or "iffy" parts. Indeed, I have a feeling I've seen that rifle before...

I have some photos of some gas cylinder lock screws. some are Winchester and the rest Springfield. Also note the taper
where the threads start was authorized in July 1941. These are original lock screws

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