Bought a complete set up National Match "Everything" Rare

[Rick B]

A good friend sold me his original National Match that he bought right before I was born by one month. Everything is here and I mean everything. Rick B

[budmant]

NICE!!!!!

[Embalmer]

Drool ...

[Dave Waits]

Okay.....i'm officially Jealous!

[Rick B]

Woudl it hurt more If I paid $2,000 ? Rick B

[bd1]

Outstanding acquisition. The price you paid is important today only if you bought it to flip it.

[Rick B]

Bought it for me not to resell. It has a 1.5 muzzle but a te of 4.5. Still not an issue I feel

[Orlando]

You must be living right my friend

[Rick B]

You must be living right my friend

I'm trying. Below is was last months toy I picked up and yes it shoots. Rick B

[Ltdave]

nice....

i like the gas trap better than i do the NM...

[bubba1]

VERY NICE NM....................

Have you shot the trap yet ? How do you like those springs ?

Bubba

[2111]

Nice NM Rick. See it has the HEART stamp in the date area of barrel. The meaning of this heart marking is unknown. Also you might want to correct the table showing the number of NM rifles newly built and the number rebuilt. You will notice that the 1954 and 1957 figures are identical. Dave McClain turned up documentation proving that the 1954 figures were in error and should read "1954 - new 1700, rebuilt 800, Total 2500". See article by Bob Seijas in the Spring 2006 GCA Journal. As your rifle was purchased in 1964 I would think it would be either a 1962 or 1963 version. Are there any other markings in the barrel date area such as a 5 pointed star and possibly NM ? If it shows no date/acceptance code then my guess it was originally built in 1958 as a Type 1 and then rebuilt by SA in 1963 to latest NM standards but keeping it's original barrel from the 1958 build. Bob Seijas could tell you for sure. He might also be interested in the "HEART" marking as it could be one more piece of that puzzle. All that being said, nice rifle at a steal of a price.

[Cosine26]

Hi Rick B.
That is a beautiful rifle you have. All of the paper work is like the paper work I have on my 1962 NMM1 which I ordered from the Major Item Supply Management Agency at Chambersburg, Pa in May of 1962-inckding the "blue" bill of sale. I have all of the paperwork and in addition, I still have the canister containing the Oiler and thong assembly with grease, the cleaning rod, the bore brush. It also came with a web sling. My packing material and box are long gone. I would suspect that your rifle has the "NM/2A" rear sight base authorized in 1963 rather than the "NM/2" as on my rifle. The heart stamped on your barrel interests me, as I thought those markings were discontinued. Your barrel is dated 8-54 as is mine. I believe it came from a lot of barrels found in Schenectady in circa 1958. They were service barrels that met the gauging required for NM bore diameter and straightness.
There are some on this forum who will tell you that it is not authentic without a letter of authenticity from the CMP. I have been ordering from the army through the DCM since 1946 and your documentation is all it takes to convince me. I paid a little less for mine-maybe not if adjusted for inflation since 1962.
FWIW

[PhillipM]

green with envy! Congrats!

[Cosine26]

Hi Rick B
There is one other thing that puzzles me a bit. Your barrel is marked "NM" on the left side, as I would expect; however, so is your front sight. All of the NM front sights that I have seen were marked " NM over 062" on the right side. At first I thought that your sight might be on backward, but in some of your pictures I can see the hex head of the front sight screw and it is to the rear. All of the "NM over 062" marks that I have seen were very crisp and the NM marking is centered over the 062 marking. . On your sight this is not so. Just wondering.