Grease Gunner Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 (edited) Picked up a AO 1928a1 as a "shooter"Mechanically it looks great aside from having two buffers in it which I will replace after shooting it theway it came. It does have a Savage lower which is not common according to all that I have read.Looks like it saw British use as per location of sling swivels. Kind of a low serial number 56,000Any members have an idea of when manufactured? It seems from Page 155 of American Thunder, its around Feb 1941 Edited May 24, 2018 by Haris357 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMGguy Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 There will be another serial number on the frame under the removable butt stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease Gunner Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 There will be another serial number on the frame under the removable butt stock.That one is S-238260 which is from a Savage.Since Savage made 200,000 1928s before AO made their first one, the savage lower may be close in Vintage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgeport28A1 Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 AOC Bridgeport didn't get their first 1928's off the production line until approximately August 1941 so your AO 50,000 serial number gun will be a little later then August, Fall 1041 might be as close you will ever have for an estimate. As far as Savage lowers being less common. Savage made a little more then 3X the number of 1928/A1's then the AOC Bridgeport plant. What the ratio of Savage versus Bridgeport plant guns that were sent as Lend Lease I do not know although there was a listing of serial numbers posted at one time of a member who had saw a large quantity of the Lend Lease "Russian" guns. Your AO 50,000 serial number is in the range reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgeport28A1 Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Haris357, I would PM David Albert and ask him to move your posting out of the Colt Serial number sub forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease Gunner Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 will ask him to move it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron_brock Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Interesting rear grip that someone modified to make fit their hand better or something. If you dont alesady have it, I would suggest Tom Davis book on lend lease Thompsons. Yours spent some time overseas and came back via Interarms. Congrats! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adg105200 Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Interesting rear grip that someone modified to make fit their hand better or something. If you dont alesady have it, I would suggest Tom Davis book on lend lease Thompsons. Yours spent some time overseas and came back via Interarms. Congrats! RonThe rear grip is one of the first things I noticed. It looks like a over sanded Savage grip. Not to say that it couldn't have left the factory that way. Nice gun though, congrats. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggytree Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 might have got a ding or chip in the grip an someone sanded it smooth to hide it...odds are a hack mark wouldnt feel good in your palm....maybe it got smashed over a Nazi skull and chipped..... i always like to picture something exciting.....i had a stock for a Enfield that had a copper jacket piece in it...wondered if a bullet splattered on it during battle...when i refinished it i didnt pick the piece out...left it in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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