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M1s may be coming home after all!

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NE Bull:
SFG,
Did you ever read the story of the guy who found the Very rifle his grandpa was issued and bought it for him. (price undisclosed). It's a true needle in a haystack story.

SemperFiGuy:
NE Bull............

I do dimly recall the general details of that story, just as you said.   It was one of those great coincidences of life.  Including the fact that a true M1 user never forgets the serial number of his rifle.

Now that you've mentioned that story, here's what I'm gonna do:    I'm gonna trace that story down to a credible source.    And then..........

I'm gonna send copies of it to all of my grandsons.    And granddaughters, too.

Matter of fact, I've got five great-grandkids.    As soon as those little buggers get old enough to read, I'm gonna send it to them, too.

Maybe they can all chip in on Grandpa's M1 Rifle.

Thanks for the mention.

sfg

Husker_Fan:
The CMP has some really good forums on M1 Rifles and Carbines.  There is a current thread in the carbine thread on a guy who has managed to track down his dad's old carbine from the serial number on the receipt the Army gave his dad when he had it.

NE Bull:

--- Quote from: Husker_Fan on April 22, 2012, 07:49:57 AM ---The CMP has some really good forums on M1 Rifles and Carbines.  There is a current thread in the carbine thread on a guy who has managed to track down his dad's old carbine from the serial number on the receipt the Army gave his dad when he had it.

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That might be the same story, coulda been dad.
The part I remember most is the ol' fella hoisting the old gun and saying something to the effect that he sure wasn't 18 anymore. 
Back to the OP. My bucket list includes owning a M1 of some sort and a period 1911. Someday, someday.

maanbr:
IIRC that story was in American Rifleman magazine within the last year or 2?

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