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Who made this 1918 BAR barrel

aldo35
I have a barrel for a 30-06 1918 BAR barrel. On the top, near the sight,there is stamped a W, a flaming bomb, and 2-19. I believe 2-19 means the barrel was mfg Feb 1919

Underneath near the breech the letters CCR. are stamped, next to it and upsidedown A. A little further away from these letters is a swirl with what appears to be (cdVA).

Can anyone tell who the manufacter was and what all these stamps are? Thanks.

Aldo
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  • givette
    quote:Originally posted by aldo35
    I have a barrel for a 30-06 1918 BAR barrel. On the top, near the sight,there is stamped a W, a flaming bomb, and 2-19. I believe 2-19 means the barrel was mfg Feb 1919

    Underneath near the breech the letters CCR. are stamped, next to it and upsidedown A. A little further away from these letters is a swirl with what appears to be (cdVA).

    Can anyone tell who the manufacter was and what all these stamps are? Thanks.


    Aldo

    First major contractor (starting WWI) for the B.A.R. rifle was Winchester. The 'W' is the factory designation, the flaming bomb is the ordnance marking, and the barrel was Mf'd early 1919. Remainder of marks are assembly 'approval' stamps. The 1919 date is a WWI overrun. WWII B.A.R.'s were made by wartime [non-firearms]' defense contractors. The one I used was made by a typewriter company. Best, Joe
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  • aldo35
    Hi,

    Small world, While in high school,graduated 1953, I worked at Royal Typewriter Co. My Dad was superintendent for a div. of Royal that won a contract from the Springfield Armory to assemble BAR's. At first Springfield sent all the parts to Royal then starting contracting with the likes of High Std, Bangor Punta and others to produce parts for Royal to assemble. They produced some 150 to 200 weapons a week. Once a week several ordinance people from Sprfd would pull 10% the production at random and take them to a National Guard range near New Haven to fire these weapons for final release. Being the Super's kid I could go with them to pull targets and cleanup. At the end of the day they would give me several mags to fire off. I once tried to play John Wayne and shot this from the hip. Could not do it,just didn't have the strength to hold the weapon.

    One of the tasks I had was in shipping after final acceptance. I remember placing rifles in a carton, 5 cartons to a wooden case and then labeling the case. The last yr I worked,53, we were shipping directly to the French in Haiphong,

    If you had a BAR assembled by Royal you were probably in during this period.

    After the contract ran out Springfield picked up all the BAR receivers and told Royal they could scrap the stuff left. That' how these barrels ended up in a scrap box.

    Thanks for the info and bringing back some great memories of my youth.

    Joe Kent
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  • givette
    The 'Typweriter' I had was stamped 'Royal Typewriter' in bold letters on top of the frame..just before the hump. Although the gun was new issue, it was for the Vietnamese through Special Forces channels, in the mid-late '60's.
    I guess there were unused stockpiles of [WWII everything?] the SF could lay their hands on for the locals, and for their own CIDG. I was on my own during a medical program called 'Provincial Hygeine' (MILPHAP), and our team was dispersed to any and all US outposts that had the room (one Corpsman to an outpost..in a 'map grid' orientation). I was lucky, or unlucky to be sent to B52 Chau Doc. Logic was 'hey, who doesn't want an extra Corpsman for the team'!! We were never refused integration, and were rarely called back (and only when the mission intent of Medcaps were compromised). Best, Joe
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