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pictured rifle doesnt appear to be genuine, couple issues.
trigger guard screws arent staked in place, bolt is brite polished, scope is a little to late.
however.
the guard may be genuine, it does differ greatly from yours.
it has a straight flat mill cut, all the way until about 2 inches from the sight clearence.
hole is nicely cut.. but real hard to tell from the pictures for sure.
also, no black tar around the rear sight base, common on USMC sniper rifles that i have seen.
JB knows what the black covering is..if i remember right it was some sort of tree sealer..for lack of a better discription.
the serial number puts the receiver right at the end of production, and alot of those receivers were sold just as a receiver.
unless there is some sort of proof that the rifle is a genuine sniper. i say doubtful.
the few Genuine A1 snipers iv seen, had blackened bolts, scopes had serial numbers below 2000 , guard screws were hard staked in place.
if indeed the rifle is a USMC sniper, its never seen combat, the last one i saw, looks like it was used to beat alligators with.
the others were pretty rough as well, even though they had been rebuilt.
couple other things to look for.
scope base screws should be hard staked, and by that time, high temp soldered as well, at least the front base.
should also have a punch mark just ahead of the front scope base, from the armorer that installed it.
stock may or may not be a USMC stock, they used what worked. iv seen combat pics of a grasping groove stock being used, could be thats what the shooter liked, or that the original was broken in field, and thats what they had on hand to put the rifle in service.
iv not seen any genuine snipers with a star mark as well, from what i was told, the USMC didnt mark the muzzle, and only marked the barrel on the bottom side ahead of the rear sight base, but havnt seen enough genuine rifles, to really validate that.
this was told to me by a man that worked on them during Korea, he also has a genuine Snipers rifle, with the features iv listed.
the rifle pictured is a nice rifle though...
trigger guard screws arent staked in place, bolt is brite polished, scope is a little to late.
however.
the guard may be genuine, it does differ greatly from yours.
it has a straight flat mill cut, all the way until about 2 inches from the sight clearence.
hole is nicely cut.. but real hard to tell from the pictures for sure.
also, no black tar around the rear sight base, common on USMC sniper rifles that i have seen.
JB knows what the black covering is..if i remember right it was some sort of tree sealer..for lack of a better discription.
the serial number puts the receiver right at the end of production, and alot of those receivers were sold just as a receiver.
unless there is some sort of proof that the rifle is a genuine sniper. i say doubtful.
the few Genuine A1 snipers iv seen, had blackened bolts, scopes had serial numbers below 2000 , guard screws were hard staked in place.
if indeed the rifle is a USMC sniper, its never seen combat, the last one i saw, looks like it was used to beat alligators with.
the others were pretty rough as well, even though they had been rebuilt.
couple other things to look for.
scope base screws should be hard staked, and by that time, high temp soldered as well, at least the front base.
should also have a punch mark just ahead of the front scope base, from the armorer that installed it.
stock may or may not be a USMC stock, they used what worked. iv seen combat pics of a grasping groove stock being used, could be thats what the shooter liked, or that the original was broken in field, and thats what they had on hand to put the rifle in service.
iv not seen any genuine snipers with a star mark as well, from what i was told, the USMC didnt mark the muzzle, and only marked the barrel on the bottom side ahead of the rear sight base, but havnt seen enough genuine rifles, to really validate that.
this was told to me by a man that worked on them during Korea, he also has a genuine Snipers rifle, with the features iv listed.
the rifle pictured is a nice rifle though...
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