It should be noted that many NATO countries manufactured Garand after the war. Here is the list of abbreviations of US manufacturers: List of Garand rifle manufacturer abbreviations So if the number is D65XXXXXXX, it is a post-war Garand. We pass from this type of numbering: D28287-12 SA to this one : D6528287 IHC. What we will retain (but it is an approximation) is that the numbering system evolved after the war. It should be noted that according to this number and its revision, we can know when the part was manufactured. Here are some examples of parts and their drawing numbers from World War II. This is called the Drawing Number and the Revision Number. Theoretically, all the parts of your Garand must have a manufacturer's marking (except the very small ones). Garand rifle markings, drawing numbers and revision numbers. Here are some schematics presenting the main parts of the Garand rifle It is true that if your Garand is 100% Winchester parts (WRA marked), you are lucky. I am not talking about weapons that have been tampered with to make people believe that "It's an original WW2 Garand". Indeed, it is not uncommon for weapons that have been reintegrated after the war to have undergone a number of modifications that distort them. Now that we have a serial number for your Garand, we will see which are the good elements that must constitute this one. (3) Actual serial numbers assigned up to 3,889.xxx (actual number not known) (2) Actual serial numbers assigned up to 2,540,000 (1) Serial number in duplicate with Springfield numbers (approx. Summary of Garand rifle serial numbers assigned during the period 1940-1945 Here is the summary table of the serial number ranges affected until 1945 for 'Springfield' and 'Winchester Repeating Arms Company Garand rifles. 513,880 for the Winchester Repeating Arms Company Total production for the war period is 4,040,800 units, broken down as follows: Harrington & Richardson Arms and Internatinal Harvester Company manufactured the Garand after 1945. Our only goal is to give the necessary knowledge base to collectors for them to be able to find their way, nothing more.įirst of all, it should be known that the Garands manufactured during the Second World War were made by Springfield Armory and the Winchester Repeating Arms Company to refurbish modified Garands and thus have a coherent WW2 weapon. determine at the time of purchase if the Garand offered is an authentic WW2 Garand rifle, a reconditioned, a post-war and even a faked one. Now I have sealed the stock and will begin the Tru Oil treatment today.You will find on this page a guide to help collectors to : How long is long enough for the glue? I don't know but was not in a hurry. Wrapped the receiver in saran wrap and took cut strips of bicycle inner tube and tied that thing up and left it for a week. I wiped up any seeping glue with a damp cloth. Using a needle applicator I let the glue run down and into the cracks as far as I dared pry them apart. I got some good wood glue and thinned it out with water. I thought at first the stock's crack was only on one side, but was on both. But if on one side maybe this will help get the crack opened up a little to let the glue run into it. I would try this even if the crack is only on one side just to make sure it wasn't clear through. You can do this one handed if you have some wooden dowels inserted into holes on your bench to slide the stock into and then using one hand pry the stock apart. After steaming and ironing 95+% of the dents out and sanding the hairs off caused by ironing I slightly pried the cracks apart. Dented and cracked on both sides of the wrist through the receiver section. A friend in OK sent me his old walnut finger groove 10/22 stock that had fallen off the wall hooks.
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