Need help with Garand value (barrel markings)

[HPP]

I have a springfield garand. The bolt and trigger group have consecutive serial numbers but the op rod is different - still SA though - and I cannot find a date or other marking on the barrel to save my life. It says Arlington Ordnance but that's it. The stock was refinished and had some sort of laqcquer applied to it so that's probably a minus as well. Can't find any marks on it either.

Any ideas for value?

FWIW it shoots well - handloads from a bagged rest are making 2" groups at 100 yards.

 

[TurtlePhish]

Pull back the oprod, there should be some numbers and letters on the barrel underneath. The date of mfg. is on there.

 

[HPP]

I've looked several times and can't find any.

Could it be a commercial barrel that Arlington stuck on there?

 

[TurtlePhish]

It's completely blank underneath the oprod? Barrel's not USGI then. I guess it'd have to be commercial.

 

[GCBurner]

Arlington Ordnance is the importer who repatriated a lot of surplus rifles from overseas, refinished and sold them. The company was also known as "Blue Sky". The numbers on the bolt and trigger guard aren't serial numbers but manufacturing numbers, the rifle serial number is on the back of the receiver. Due to the import markings, these don't have as much collectors' value as unmarked rifles, being valued mostly as shooters. The barrel markings are under the op rod, if it's a USGI barrel; the barrel number should give the manufacturer and the month and year the barrel was made. A lot of the rifles Blue Sky brough back were worn out, shot out stuff, so it may have been rebarreled with a commercial barrel with no GI numbers, or it could be just covered up from being re-Parkerized.

 

[USSR]

First, there is no such thing as "consecutive serial numbers" on an M1 Garand. The only serial number is on the receiver. If your rifle has a WW2 issue Winchester barrel on it, you will have to remove the handguard to see the markings.

Don

 

[YankeeFlyr]

The numbers on Garand parts are "drawing numbers"; they denote the technical drawings/revisions that defined the respective parts.

Certain combinations of drawing numbers correlate with receiver serial numbers, historically, from original production.

This is what (among other things) serious M1 collectors look for.

 

[mshootnit]

I didn't know blue sky actually re-barrelled some of them I guess you learn something new every day

Sounds like its a good shooter.

 

[PTMCCAIN]

You probably have a refurbished "service grade."

Just enjoy it.

They are going for around $600 from CMP.

 

[Onmilo]

Blue Sky didn't rebarrel the rifles but a LOT of Blue Sky and Arlington Ordnance guns have been rebarrelled over the years.
Did you pull the rear handguard?
Many barrels including Winchesters are marked on top of the barrel undeneath the handguard.

 

[Reloadron]

I tend to agree with USSR in that I did not know of Blue Sky to rebarrel any of the M1 Garands they imported. Since the barrel is stamped Blue Sky (Import Regulations) there is a good possibility the barrel is a Winchester barrel because as USSR ststes they were marked on the top. Follows are a few M1 Garand barrel images including the barrel markings.

The first is a commercial barrel on a M1 Garand re-chambered in 7mm-08 Remington. The barrel markings are as they would generally be with the exception of a Winchester barrel.



This next image shows a Springfield Armory side marked barrel and a Winchester top marked barrel.



The last two images show each barrel with its markings.





What you have is a shooter or "Mix Master" so just enjoy shooting it.

Ron

 

[HPP]

Thanks guys.

 

[1KPerDay]

You probably have a refurbished "service grade."

Just enjoy it.

They are going for around $600 from CMP.

Uh, no.
The CMP and its grading criteria have NOTHING to do with Arlington Ord/Blue Sky, or Fed ord, or any of the other commercial chop shops. To use the CMPs name in connection with this rifle or to use its grading criteria as descriptors for commercial imports/rebuilds does a disservice to that fine orgainzation IMO.

I have a blue sky, a federal ordnance, and some CMP M1s FWIW.

 

[Orlando]

WRA barrel will have atleast have a firing proof on the side