Lend Lease Garand

[Griff Murphey]

Just a side "random thought." During the Falklands war in 1982 vast numbers of US .50 Cal. Browning HMGs were cracked out of storage. The British mounted them on everything and used them to great effect in ground combat and against Argentine A-4s and other aircraft. I can't say for sure that they were "Lend Lease" but I think they dated at least as far back as the 50's.

[Johnny P]

Lend-Lease ended almost as soon as WWII did. September 1945 I believe.

[CPC]

Da Gimp is telling Fred to start a new thread with a SRS search question because some people key in on those. SRS = Springfield Research Service.. If he lists the serial number someone with the published books other than the company/group that owns the rights may look the SN up to see if it is a match in any of the 4 volumes. If there is, he may want to pay SRS to see if there is more information available other than where the firearm may have been assigned on the particular day the information was recorded by SRS. Some people want the written confirmation for NM firearms, etc., to validate or confirm a snapshot of the firearms history. I hope this answers part of your question.

da gimp,

Please tell me what "SRS check please on serial #XXX,YYY,ZZZ " means...what does this mean? thanks

[m1903rifle]

I saw a near mint LL Garand at a local gun show last week end. Still had the red band around the fore end with the black .30. Very strong GHS cartouche with crossed cannons. Appeared to be un-fired ( bright bolt face and very bright and strong bore ). In other words, a very, very, nice Garand. Although I didn't have $3,800.00, could a very nice one such as this be worth that much?