Last Government Made '03 barrels

[John Beard]

Interesting that quite a few barrels were listed as completed in FY 1946, when (if you go by the date stamped on the barrels) they were not. Any idea why? Maybe ordered but not completed?

The SA annual reports are not without error. I've found errors in them, usually none serious. The reports were a financial document, not a production accounting document.

One possible explanation is that some of the 1944 barrels were marked and dated, but were not finished out until FY1946, perhaps because production priorities had shifted. Forget not that the M1 rifle was much higher priority.

J.B.