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    M1 Garand help

    I recently looked at a M1 Garand from the veterans family yesterday and even after brushing up on some info before I looked at it I was still rather nervous about commiting to it. I've found determing if a M1 Garand is as issued during WWII is rather complicated. So I wrote down some numbers to get some advice.
    The serial # of the rifle is 32028XX
    Barrel is SA 6535448-9-88
    Trigger housing is D 28290-5 SA
    Rear Reciver group # D 2829135
    Bolt D-28287-12 SA
    Marking on the wood stock P

    The rifle was all parkerized but the bolt made me nervous as it was black, not blued but black.
    If this is not enough info please let me know.
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    The SN# range is WWII and most of the parts listed fall into that SN# range.(trigger housing is for a 210,000-800,000 range gun) If the price is right Buy it. If The stock does not have any other markings on it it could be a replacement stock, Does it have a cartouches on it? You need to get a book an WWII and post war Garands to get all of the correct info. I don't have a WWII book just the post war book or I would help you out more.
    PS: the barrel date is strange By the # you gave the barrel was made in September of 1988 ??
    David R.
    Last edited by David R.; 09-07-2007, 08:18 PM.

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      I wasn't able to look the rifle over real good as we met in a crowded parking lot and was only able to view the rifle laying in the back of a SUV. The stock had darkened and the only marking I was able to detect on the stock was a P in a circle right under the handguard. If there was another marking that was faint I could have missed it.
      The price is not right if its a parts gun, I assume these go between $700-$1100. To be honest I would only want it if it is a correct as issued WWII Garand(like a all matching K98k), which I think these are rather rare and pricey..

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        M1 Garand

        Most rifles went through a refurb process after the war, so they will actually be correct to be mismatched, although many folks go through the process of restoring them back to all matching. Also, many armorers rebuilt rifles w/o regard to matching parts back up. Rifles would be canabalized, etc. I picked up some M1 Garands about a year or two ago from the CMP (odcmp.com) in the 425$-450$ range, not the prettiest rifles, but the price was right, they also have another large shipment of garands coming into the system soon, so check their site. The books by Scott Duff are the "bibles" on Garand parts. Chris....

        BTW...Winchester rifles and International Harvester (made during the Korean war era) command quite a premium over Springfield rifles...

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          Originally posted by David R. View Post
          The SN# range is WWII and most of the parts listed fall into that SN# range.(trigger housing is for a 210,000-800,000 range gun) If the price is right Buy it. If The stock does not have any other markings on it it could be a replacement stock, Does it have a cartouches on it? You need to get a book an WWII and post war Garands to get all of the correct info. I don't have a WWII book just the post war book or I would help you out more.
          PS: the barrel date is strange By the # you gave the barrel was made in September of 1988 ??
          David R.

          I'll call him back and confirm the barrel #

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            The bolt was used from 3-42 through 7-44, trigger housing 4-41 through 7-42, the receiver dates Oct 44 and the barrel markings are the drawing number, month and year so the barrel is a modern Springfield replacement barrel but I never heard of one being dated in the 80’s. Even if the “88” is wrong is was still made after 1952 as the drawing number was not marked on the side of the barrel previous to that. It would have a 1, 2 or 3 then SA then-month-year prior to 52. Without seeing the rest of the internal parts I would say it is a pure parts gun. Most armory rebuild or DMC/CMP gun had matched barrel/receivers or close to it.

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              The bolt on mine is also black. As already mentioned these rifles were restored with no regard for originality. Often parts are mixed and the stocks are replacements.

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                Thanks everyone for the help, as mentioned it looks like it turned out to be a parts rifle.

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                  Dunno if I would refer to it as a "parts" rifle. Almost every US weapon goes through periodic reconditionong or upgrading.
                  He probaly bought it at a show or someplace.
                  You never were able to "souvenier" an issued piece.
                  They belonged to the unit and were accountable items strictly controlled.
                  That said, it is a fact that once in a while a piece slipped through channels and made it home. Big trouble if you got caught.

                  I am looking at a contraband .45 from long ago right now.
                  My uncle had a .45 he liberated/stole on Guadalcanal.
                  Many US weapons were sod as surplus in the 60s. It has a 2 million serial number with a '46 barrel.
                  I still have a Garand I paid $65 for. As new M1A1 carbines were $125.
                  Pretty amusing how they are scrambling for parts to "restore"/fake US pieces today.
                  MLP

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