barrel date of M1 Garand

rlfcjf

September 07, 2003 15:59

have been trying to date this barrel with no luck from any
of the web sites so far..

only numbers on barrel are... SA 6535448 7 63 y29
thought maybe that the 7 63 quite a space between these

might mean july 1963

thanks for any help

rick

rick

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  mark christian

  September 07, 2003 16:44

  You answered your own question Rick: Your barrel was produced in July of 1963. The first series of numbers which you see-- SA 6535448-- indicate that your barrel was produced by Springfield Armory and was built to the post war 6535448 revision (modification) number specifications. The Y 12 is a heat lot number which kept track of the steel used in the production of different lots of M1 barrels. If one Y 12 barrel came up as flawed then all Y 12 marked barrels could be inspected for the same possible production defect.
  
  Mark T. Christian

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  Xracer

  September 08, 2003 05:50

  Mark, I swear....If John C. Garand, up in heaven, had any questions about his guns, he'd ask you! [:D]

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