Garand barrel question

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I just noticed that the barrel of my M1 has stamped on it "S-A-10-49". Am I correct in assuming, therefore, that the barrel was made by Springfield Armory in October, 1949?
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SVT40 wrote: Tue May 29, 2018 5:35 pm Yes, barrel is dated October 1949. Does it have the DoD mark on the stock? More than likely it’s an Arsenal refurb with a barrel that old if the receiver dated to WW2
The stock is new from the CMP. I assume that CMP built this rifle by cannibalizing others for parts, since the receiver's serial number dates it to 1955-57.
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Eris wrote: Tue May 29, 2018 5:37 pm
SVT40 wrote: Tue May 29, 2018 5:35 pm Yes, barrel is dated October 1949. Does it have the DoD mark on the stock? More than likely it’s an Arsenal refurb with a barrel that old if the receiver dated to WW2
The stock is new from the CMP. I assume that CMP built this rifle by cannibalizing others for parts, since the receiver's serial number dates it to 1955-57.
Yeah, in that case it’s a parts gun. Doesn’t matter though, CMP does a great job getting them assembled. I only have one Garand now, a complete mint 1953 H&R. Traded it even for a S&W 629-1 lol

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Eris wrote: Tue May 29, 2018 5:37 pm
SVT40 wrote: Tue May 29, 2018 5:35 pm Yes, barrel is dated October 1949. Does it have the DoD mark on the stock? More than likely it’s an Arsenal refurb with a barrel that old if the receiver dated to WW2
The stock is new from the CMP. I assume that CMP built this rifle by cannibalizing others for parts, since the receiver's serial number dates it to 1955-57.
Could have been CMP or where ever the rifle was brought back from. Can't really know what armorers do in different armies.
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By the way, when you fully take the gun apart, you can tell a lot about it simply by observation. If the inside parts are similarly covered with Cosmoline or other stuff it's likely it's been that way for a while.
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A 1949 barrel would have been a large run. Might be the original put on when receiver was new. Might have been a replacement barrel later. Either way, chance of it being a used barrel off another gun is small.

I just put a brand new Remington made barrel on a 1903A3 that’s dated 1943, but was never used. They made a LOT of spares.
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Marlene wrote: Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:44 pm A 1949 barrel would have been a large run. Might be the original put on when receiver was new. Might have been a replacement barrel later. Either way, chance of it being a used barrel off another gun is small.

I just put a brand new Remington made barrel on a 1903A3 that’s dated 1943, but was never used. They made a LOT of spares.
That would make sense. Finns kept a bunch of unused barrels from WW2 in storage and in the 1960's and 1970's used them to build essentially new M39 and m28/76 rifles.
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