"M1 Grand" says it all.
Right away the pictures didn't look right. The finish isn't HRA original, and it doesn't look like GI rework. The stock doesn't look GI; actually it looks too nice. The op rod track looks very rough so right away, I'm thinking welded receiver.
Then I read his item description. Where at the bottom he states that it's a "re-welded" receiver.
In the 1950's through 1980's, there was a thriving cottage industry in southern California of various companies that were assembling bogus WW2 American "surplus" military rifles and spin-offs. Sometimes, they would even put their own company name on the receiver heel. I believe the seller states that this rifle came out of southern California, so makes sense. It may have floated around many a Calif. gun show over the years before it made its way to So. Dakota. Actually, before the 1968 GCA, they sold these built-up parts guns all over by mail order. The thing about these guns is, people who know anything about M1 Rifles don't want anything to do with them. The owner of one must find a greater fool to get rid of it to. Who may be happy enough with his purchase until he becomes educated as to what he really has. Then the process starts over again, that of finding the next greater fool.
The seller mentions something about an original two groove barrel, I didn't know M1 Rifles ever had two groove barrels from the factory, especially not HRA's. This is a red flag. Because some of these California bogus gun fabricators were known to make their own when they ran out of the real thing. Out of worn-out M1 Rifle barrel receiver stubs mated to a cut off Springfield 03 or 03A3 replacement barrel. The latter of which at one time were cheap and common.
Right away the pictures didn't look right. The finish isn't HRA original, and it doesn't look like GI rework. The stock doesn't look GI; actually it looks too nice. The op rod track looks very rough so right away, I'm thinking welded receiver.
Then I read his item description. Where at the bottom he states that it's a "re-welded" receiver.
In the 1950's through 1980's, there was a thriving cottage industry in southern California of various companies that were assembling bogus WW2 American "surplus" military rifles and spin-offs. Sometimes, they would even put their own company name on the receiver heel. I believe the seller states that this rifle came out of southern California, so makes sense. It may have floated around many a Calif. gun show over the years before it made its way to So. Dakota. Actually, before the 1968 GCA, they sold these built-up parts guns all over by mail order. The thing about these guns is, people who know anything about M1 Rifles don't want anything to do with them. The owner of one must find a greater fool to get rid of it to. Who may be happy enough with his purchase until he becomes educated as to what he really has. Then the process starts over again, that of finding the next greater fool.
The seller mentions something about an original two groove barrel, I didn't know M1 Rifles ever had two groove barrels from the factory, especially not HRA's. This is a red flag. Because some of these California bogus gun fabricators were known to make their own when they ran out of the real thing. Out of worn-out M1 Rifle barrel receiver stubs mated to a cut off Springfield 03 or 03A3 replacement barrel. The latter of which at one time were cheap and common.
