Hello everyone! I just purchased this Winchester M1 garand. This is serial number 1,298,xxx which dates to March 1943. This particular rifle is all correct and I believe all original. All three pieces of wood appear to be original and unsanded. Cartouches are excellent, no rebuild marks or import marks. Two questions I have of which one will be in another posting. I will start off with the buttplate. The finish matches excellent with the wood and the rest of the rifle. This is one of which is not marked 2S. I believe I understand Winchester used some non-2S buttplates if I'm not mistaken him. My question is could this be one of those and what should I look for if this is a non-2S buttplate?
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Take the buttplate off, take a pic of the backside and we can give you a solid answer.Last edited by SFCDave; 07-16-2017, 11:42 PM.Comment
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Here are some pictures of the back of the buttplate. What exactly are we looking for on the back? What can tell us it is a Winchester versus a Springfield?Comment
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Jeff,
That's a super-nice rifle.
Congrats on getting it.
Does the buttplate match the ferule?Welcome to the Addiction!Comment
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Ok, here we go.
#1 - Notice how the lower checkering comes up to a point (red circle). On all other plates the checkering won't go up quite as high and will end flat instead of a point.
#2 - Notice how the lower screw hole looks to be off-center to the left? The hole is actually centered, the stamped checkering is what is off-centered.
#3 - The border of the checkering will be nice and crisp on a plate without a lot of wear.
Your buttplate is SA. I have a couple of WRA plates if you would like to swap...just let me know.
Last edited by SFCDave; 07-16-2017, 11:44 PM.Comment
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Thank you JD and SFCDave! Is your pictured buttplate that of a 2S or one not marked 2S? If it is a non 2S, they must have the same chacteristics of the 2S stamped plates.Comment
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I do already know that these three items which you pointed out are the same very characteristics of a 2S marked buttplate. Did the unmarked buttplates for Winchester also carry these three same characteristics? Just a question! Does anyone know for sure? There is no information in any books on this topic that I know of. Thanks!Comment
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Looks like a great rifle. Looks like it has blued screws in the pics and that is something I always look for on original rifles.
What does the gas cylinder look like? Dulite color?Comment
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Hello Kevin, thank you for your reply!! The gas cylinder is Winchester and sort of seems bluish in some of my photos. It's not as blue as I would think it should be. Every other part on this Winchester is spot on and I believe original given the wear patterns on everything.Comment
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Thank you very much Orlando!!!!!Comment
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