It came it came it came!!

[Stickjockey]

As of yesterday I am the proud owner of a Springfield Armory-built U.S. Rifle, Cal. .30, M1. It's an "upgrade" from the Century one I sold to TheFitzvh back in September (see this thread). Ordered it on 06 November, delivered on 12 January. Serial number, according to oldguns.net puts it as 1944 manufacture. (Woohoo! a WW2 rifle!) Barrel marked 10-44. WRA trigger group and mismatched stock, with front and rear handguards being walnut and the stock being some sort of yellow-finished wood. (Anyone know what this might be? Maple? Beech? Something the Greeks put on? Not really a dark yellow, but not the light blond you'd expect from maple, either.) All in all, better condition than I expected from Field Grade, so I'm happy.

 

[hqmhqm]

May be I the first to say that this thread is useless without pictures.

Congrats.

 

[DMK]

I assume it's a CMP Garand?

Congrats. Almost nothing is quite as exciting as the day Fedex drops off that brown box from Anniston.

May it shoot well for many, many years.

 

[The Deer Hunter]

pics?

 

[Stickjockey]

Hate to say it, but pics might take a while. Our e-net at home is on the fritz, and I'm not sure how the ol' work-types would take me uploading from their computers. I'd love to share, though.

 

[LkWinnipesaukee]

like others have said,

Once you get everything working post em up.