DMark

  Here is a good place to start.   http://usriflecal30m1.com/Default.aspx   Just enter the SN in the "My Garand" tab and it will give you every number/marking/lot code/etc., etc., that you would ever wish to know.   BTW 2SA RE1 is also a WWII bolt used from Aug 41 to Sep 42 from SN 296253 to 872343.     

Just looking at the pictures I can see that it could have a WWII stock!  :up:   Great rifle that will honor the memory of your Dad for decades to come!   What questions do you have?

Once I entered into the era of "seasoned & experienced" eyesight...., I went with these Novak plain black rear sights on all of my 1911s. They have what Novak calls their "Super Wide" .170 notch You have to ordered the super wide direct from Novak. http://0311ef3.netsolstores.com/plainblack.aspx Good Luck!

  Please allow me to introduce you to the "Delightful & Wonderful Mrs. Kari (She Who Must Be Obeyed) U.S. Army Wife, Retired" and a public/private elementary school teacher for over 30+ years.   While at Bragg and Campbell she would have classrooms full of little boys wearing the same Airborne/Ranger High & Tight haircuts as their Dads.  Over 30 of marriage to me she watched my High & Tight become a Loose & Shinny!   Yet - - - She would agree with you that those who can't teach well seem to find their way into higher paying administrative jobs that at least gets them away from the student in the classroom.  That however often leaves those same administrators in a position to use their poor logic and methods at a larger scale such as in this case.  

Dang! And I was going to bring you some Easter Egg pastel color spray-paint cans for the steel targets.

You're Da*n Right that folks who wear colored berets (as you well know the ones that have to be earned) don't say Hooah!    Funny thing is that its the Ranger Regiment guys who started all of that hooah stuff way back in the late 70s.  During my first tour with the 82ABN we would go down to Stewart and it sounded like these Rangers kept asking for "WhooAh" so much that I asked my 1SG who they were asking for (I know Dumbass LT question).  And nobody, NOBODY in the 82ABN would say hooah.   We also didn't roll our sleeves up like those guys in 2 BDE (but that is another old soldier story).   I think it was the movie Blackhawk Down and the actors over using hooah that began the self-censorship within the 75th...., but I'd have to ask Blaze to confirm that theory.   ATW-ABN!  :usa:  

With an original LMR barrel...., You Did OUTSTANDING!  :woohoo:   If that rifle was one of the leftovers, I wonder what the other IHCs looked like on Thursday morning when the doors opened at the South Store.   I got my "Tractor Gun" during the CMP's first release of IHCs last year.  My barrel condition matches yours and I will tell you that its one of the most accurate Garands that I have. 

Good timing being near the South Store at the right time.  Very, VERY Nice Field Grade!   :up:     What barrel does it have? 

Not a single "Hooah" spoken?   No Green duct tape?   No MRE spoon?   No leftover Facepaint behind the ears?   Not sure that this guy is a genuine 11B.  :squint: 

wileecoyote,   Sent you a private message about one of your other topics.   Mark

I'm like 173ABN, mostly 9mm/45ACP/5.56mm/7.62mm.   However....,   During each of the recent BHO Panics I had no problems finding and buying all the .38 Super & 10mm that I wanted at pre-panic prices.   So having a couple of cult-calibers can be a good fallback during those times of politically driven social activism.

FUN Match JCoop!   :up:     Even the rain held off until the very last stage.     BUT - - - I just don't know what it is about shooting at Manchester and me.    It doesn't seem to matter.   3Gun - Steel - IDPA.......,   I'm going to forget a target and "achieve" a Failure to Engage everytime!   :rant:     Please, PLEASE Don't build a skeet range - - - Because there would be a high probability that I would walk away from station 8 only needing to shoot the low house once more for a perfect score!   :eek:   Again, good match and I will see ya'll next time!

  I'm thinking that there might be some folks in my past who would agree with that statement.  :ugh:   D. Mark

Agree with MCFooter.   Perfect weather to practice my AR double feed malfunction clearing drills!  :grouchy:   BTW - - - I ordered new mags this afternoon. 

  Hmmm....., Maybe the 82 & 101 Airborne Divisions?  ;)   D. Mark

CM1021,   First and foremost..., Congratulations on now having “The greatest battle implement ever devised.” - GEN Patton.   TONs and I mean TONs and good information out there for the Garand.   Here is a good place to start, the CMP's page where Garand nomenclature is covered.    http://www.civilianmarksmanship.com/nomenclature.html   For a Garand to be a correct grade every one of those parts would have to match the time period of the rifle's serial number.   JMHO, but most folks who worry about everything matching forget that soldiers sitting around cleaning their weapons aren't too worried about some future collector.  These rifles are meant to be shot.    Get some good 30.06 from the CMP along with a few clip (and YES - they are clips) and send some FMJ down range!    Enjoy!  :up:            

You Garand was made in May 1944. We would need several more and very detailed pictures in order to offer any estimate of its value. The term "numbers matching" in the Garand Collector world would mean that every component's drawing number, heat lot code, inspector markings, etc., etc., would have to be in the correct range for the rifle's serial number.  That requires a detailed disassembly of the rifle to confirm.  A WWII production Garand with all matching parts is rare and we refer to them as Correct Grade.    The bayonet is a Model 1905 that is referred to as a "cut-down" from when the blades were cut from 16″ to 10″ during WWII.  There should be a date on the opposite side of the blade.   The ammo is some of the Korean M2 ball that came in a few years ago.  It is very corrosive.

Hmmmmm......, its hitting a nice lope at idle.   383 or 440?   BUT..., using State Department acceptable speech and expression standards, that T-Shirt is Racist.  It advocates and supports the sunset to sunrise killing of all those poor out-of-work, misunderstood, culturally sensitive job-seekers in several middle eastern locations!   ;)  

It is called an Item Unique Identification Code (IUID) used primarily for inventory control. It will have manufacturer's code, part number, and serial number. As btq96r posted above, everybody calls it the QR sticker. I reckon for Quick Reference.

Actually that was some fine MOI (methods of instruction) being displayed by the instructor.   He Asked the PV1 what the problem was. He Explained to the PV1 what the problem was. He Showed the PV1 what the problem was.   Then he safety got the PV1 off the range for I expect to be some additional training.    Well Done!

I think that picture of your cousins' house is an example of why you never hear of people retiring to the north.

  HOT DA*N Matt!    About the only thing missing was snow on the ground (January in OK).   Also, remind me to quit shooting Heavy Metal whenever you're in the match.   WELL DONE! 

Dang Michael.......   You are going to force me to build up a 9mm AR just to B*tch-Slap 173ABN at one of these matches!  :slapfight:  

  I learned the pure art of sarcasm from the over three decades of exposure to the expression of opinions (both spoken and written) coming forth from Chief Warrant Officers.   CWOs are the High & Distinguished Masters of sarcasm in the most indirect way.  They have the skill and abilities to tell someone/something to Go-To-Hell and have them/it look forward to taking the trip.   The closest I have ever come to such a high level of verbal gibe and taunt is my well-know and often voiced contempt, resentment, ridicule, mockery, and outright scorn for IDPA Rule 3.2.2 - Tactical Sequence.  :yuck:   I trust an Outlaw Match would have no such ridiculous engagement method.      

  A Saw?   No Way!!!  :slap:   That is what a Dremel is made for.  Bet I can even free-hand a new crown on the muzzle while I grind that .150 off!