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Some good parts were made by companies that could not build the complete rifle. H&R made a lot more trigger groups than complete rifles and of course there was the LMR barrels.
Didn't I. H. Use some H&R trigger groups?Last edited by RED; 09-25-2023, 07:43.Comment
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The Military Integration Committee made sure no one ran out of parts, and had parts transferred from a manufacturer with a surplus of a particular part to a manufacturer that was about to run short. H&R used some LMR barrels in the 5 to 5.1 million serial number range.
This was done through the "free issue" program where the manufacturer didn't have to pay for the parts transferred to them, but the value of the parts transferred was deducted from their invoice of completed weapons. The manufacturer that the parts were transferred from was credited with the value of the parts.Comment
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H&R, IIRC, and Johnny, please correct me if I am wrong, used some Marlin barrels,
I picked one up at a show in the 90's, guy had gotten the correct H&R that would have used that barrel, but since he thought all H&R's had H&R barrels, he replaced it,
and I got a damn good deal on it,
made a nice shooting rifle using a spare receiver I had at the timeComment
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People replace things that they "know" are wrong when they shouldn't. Back when CMP was very cooperative with buyers they would send HRA windage knobs to people who were upset that theirs was marked DRC. All they did was diminish the true value of an HRA rifle. But most folks don't know the difference anyway.
"if you see it enough, there might be something to it". When IHC shut down, or was about to, it seems SA picked up a lot of their parts. This is just my assumption, but I've seen enough IHC parts on SA rifles to think they were original. Red has a good question. HRA rifles seem to end up with H-R safeties enough for me to think that it might have been part of post war building. But I could be totally wrong. It could be sellers who figure, they won't know the difference.
Marlin barrels: There were two batches. The first is thought to be poorly made and the second is OK. I've had a couple. [I tried to find a document but nein]. As I recall they were both on Springfield rifles.
HRA made barrels before they made rifles. I had a 1951(?) marked HRA barrel but I can't find the picture. I used to have loads of pics and documents about this stuff but I'm not very organized.Last edited by dryheat; 09-26-2023, 04:09.If I should die before I wake...great,a little more sleep.Comment
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The only post WW2 M1 Rifle barrels used in the building of the rifles were Springfield Armory, LMR, and HRA.
To the best of my knowledge Marlin only produced barrels for the M1 Carbine.Comment
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Illl see if I can dig that gun out of the safe,
I may be mistaken on the maker,
however, the info I found on it was in Duff's books iircComment
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And Winchester. I've seen several Winchester barrels stamped 1967. They got no respect from collectors because they weren't early.
Then there are the Buffalo Arms barrels. I've had one of those too.
Mystery barrel:
"AY" was the manufactures code for "parts " that were manufactured by Ferro for GM and Ford,and later Contracts for M-1 parts.
It's probably an F in a circle which is the mark of Ferro Machine & Foundry. They started showing up on Garrands sold through the CMP that had been brought back to the US from some foreigh country. So it's believed they were a Govt' contractor who made barrels for one of our allies.
[copied from someones post]
I found the '51 HRA barrel.
One of the last SA barrels made.
7-51.JPGKerchivials 3-67 W1 barrel.jpg
These were both mine.Even a blind hog stumbles over an acorn one in a while.Last edited by dryheat; 09-28-2023, 07:02.If I should die before I wake...great,a little more sleep.Comment
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I believe Winchester received a contract for replacement barrels after production had ceased on the rifles. They weren't used in new production, and were marked differently from the WW2 barrels.Comment
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