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[Publius]

Good Afternoon,

I recently acquired a M1 Garand. All the sn on the gun are SA and appear to be post war. What stumps me is there is a BNP stamp with a crown on both the barrel and the receiver. My understanding was LL garands were sent over before and during the war, not after as my SNs suggest. Any explanations for this? I've included pictures I have here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...Dg?usp=sharing

On a side note, could anyone let me know roughly how much this is worth. I got it in on trade and there seems to be so much variance on price. I've been doing research now for days but it's getting overwhelming.

Thanks!!!

[RDS]

Interarms in the old days had a warehouse in England. Interarms purchased guns around the world and some were shipped to England. Under British law they had to proofed. The guns were then shipped to the US or other European countries all with British proof marks. Prior to 1968 there was no US requirement that the guns needed to be import marked. Hence they only have British proofs and no Interarms stamp.

[RDS]

To answer your second question I personally do not believe the BNP proof marks add any value to a post war M1.

[TJT]

Also, there is only one serial number on an M1 rifle--it's the number on the receiver heel. The numbers on ALL other parts are part, or drawing numbers.
Jon