ron_brock

David is available and will get back to you if you sent a PM, however like most people, he has a full time life outside of monitoring the boards. If you want to sell instantly, there’s other sites geared for selling items. If you wish to sell on here, give him some time to respond, he will get back to you. Yes, you are more than welcome to post to learn, but if you wish to sell on here, give him time to respond. I’ve also seen where people will drop in once, ask for pricing suggestions and to learn all about their stuff from the experts of that subject, then go list on gunbroker usually at an even more inflated price. That’s pretty annoying, but just my opinion. Ron

Just torque. You’d need a properly fitting barrel vise and fixture to hold the receiver nose. Do not use a regular vise or any type of pliers/pipe wrench. It’s better to be loose and/or non aligning than to bugger stuff up. Ron

Those are Winchester hook style sling swivels. The sling was likely used for something else at the time. I have a Winchester model 10SL with them, but they were widely used on all sorts of sporting arms. Ron

Darryl, great to hear from you again. I’m so sorry to hear about your wife and all the life changes. It really causes us to step back and re-evaluate the “stuff” we gather. Ron

Looks like they did. Listed as out of stock

WD is War Department and the broad arrow is an acceptance stamp for the British military.

Karl, I can look when I get home. If you don’t hear from me by mid next week, shoot me a PM to remind me. I have the Springfield manuals on CD, but often the serial numbers are not listed. It’s a like a jackpot if you do get an actual match on a specific serial number as to which unit it was issued to. Ron

lol, yes I thought it could be fun to have a place to talk about the early stuff and leading up to the machine gun. Also want to move over the digger content to this page. Ron

I would rule out Detroit. Although they have marked guns DPD (I have a Glock) and have seen many revolvers either DPD or spelled out. My understanding is that they have their Thompsons and likely won’t leave, but I never thought St.Louis would sell and they did. Ron

Likely influenced but the Autoburglar. The spur to help tame recoil flip. I love it! Great display! Ron

I added a copy of the post to this subforum for posterity. Thank you for the additional serial #3280 Ron

Added a copy of this post to the Colt serial number forum Ron

Anyone know if these are the same as the Numrich ones?

Yes prices at the Show of Shows may tend to be a bit higher than local shows. It’s THE show for the most unique, hard to find items. There’s dealers from overseas that setup as well. It’s worth seeing and walking.

I’d say an M1A1 bolt would command a bit less than the M1 prices stated by Bob, but that’s my opinion. If someone needed an bolt, an M1A1 will fill the hole. An M1 bolt is far harder to find than an M1A1