M1 D rifle from Israel or CMH.

[ncblksmth1]

Does anyone have any information of M1D's used in Israel and imported to the US in the 1980's or any info on the CMH released guns in the 1990's?

I have a gun that may fit one of these categories and am trying to decide its disposition.

Thanks in advance

Bob

[collectorm1ca]

I have one of the Israeli rifles that was purchased by a friend from Sherwood International (Now Northridge International) back around 1989. He bought it when they first arrived and selected it from the original batch that was still in the warehouse. The receiver has a dark finish, similar to the Greek return rifles. It came with the scope, scope mount, scope case (which has Israeli writing) and cheek pad. The rifle has no import markings (that I can find) but, I was friends with one of the Northridge counter guys who told me some of the rifles made it out of their warehouse before they were stamped when they let customers select them from the warehouse. Another nice feature of the rifle was it was in a small wheel GHS stock. I believe Scott Duff mentions these rifles somewhere on his website.

I have a copy of the original Sherwood add for the rifles, which I believe had a price of $899. I'm in Arizona right now, but when I go back to Calif. I'll see if I can find it and post a photo.

[patio]

This one is a Fed Ord import.

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p164/Patio01/IMG_2096.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p164/Patio01/IMG_2089.jpg

[Liam]

I think the character on your stock is called "Alef" (or "Aleph"). It is a silent character of Hebrew alphabet.

[Liam]

If intended as a numeral: "As a numeral, Alaph/Olaf stands for the number one. With a dot below, it is the number 1,000; with a line above it, Alaph/Olaf will represent 1,000,000. With a line below it is 10,000 and with two dots below it is 10,000,000" (source: Wikipaedia). HTH - Liam