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jwr747	more "little Garand help"	Lead	[-]
Posts: 140 (07/16/09 12:36 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None thanks for the "bolt" help.heres the thing.have my dads Garand nothing special bout it,that I can see.he has a aftermarket stock on it,I've found 2/3rds of the origional stock,need the rear handguard,still looking for it and butt plate.can't see any markings,cartuches,ect on the stock parts I have.looks like a shooter grade rifle,don't know where it came from,but the stock looks like it has some kind of shellac finish on it.isn't an oil finish propper for this rifle.it's a Springfield Armory rifle sn# in the 1,500,000 range. thanks...jwr
m1 talker		#1	[-]
Posts: 6885 (07/16/09 01:06 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I can't think of any US Military arms that were finished in shellac. I think Russia was the only country that relied on shellac to finish their rifle stocks. Everything I have read on the Garand mentions a BLO finish that was applied in many coats and rubbed into the wood. Curt
Youngblood		#2	[-]
Posts: 1123 (07/16/09 01:27 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	In the 50s and 60s a LOT of milsurp longguns were shellaced prior to being sold and/or by new owners. Also, groups like the VFW shellaced many of their parade rifles. I have read that M1 wood was done at the factory with Tung Oil and in the field with BLO.

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