how do I track the serial ## on the gun?

more info is needed, winchester, IHC, Springfield and give us the SN with some XX's for the last 2 numbers, so we dont really know your full serial. I will break it down for ya.

more info is needed, winchester, IHC, Springfield and give us the SN with some XX's for the last 2 numbers, so we dont really know your full serial. I will break it down for ya.

 

 

the reciever says fed ord california and SA is engraved in the stock and on the parts.

Federal ordinance Garands were built post war with some surplus parts. They were made for the civilian market. Take a good look at your receiver as many of the Fed Ord guns were re-welds. If not done correctly they can be dangerous. They were shut down in the early 90's and many people suspect this is a reason why. Best of luck.

Federal ordinance Garands were built post war with some surplus parts. They were made for the civilian market. Take a good look at your receiver as many of the Fed Ord guns were re-welds. If not done correctly they can be dangerous. They were shut down in the early 90's and many people suspect this is a reason why. Best of luck.

 

Dude you know to much stuff your head is going to explode

Federal ordinance Garands were built post war with some surplus parts. They were made for the civilian market. Take a good look at your receiver as many of the Fed Ord guns were re-welds. If not done correctly they can be dangerous. They were shut down in the early 90's and many people suspect this is a reason why. Best of luck.

 

I personally have never seen a reweld or a fed Ord m1 receiver, but some folks seem to dislike them, YMMV

 

 

http://www.fulton-armory.com/FedOrdReceivers.htm

 

http://www.fulton-armory.com/Weld.htm

this is the front ser# D353829 SA, reciever is 840232 can anyone tell me?

this is the front ser# D353829 SA, reciever is 840232 can anyone tell me?

Front of what?

barrel/ bolt mechanism

barrel/ bolt mechanism

 

That looks like a bolt drawing # to me, as usnmars said, Fed Ord made M1s with their own manufactured receivers and USGI parts, to include the bolt, maybe barrels and all the other bits (oprod, follower, springs, etc). If you have a Federal Ordnance marked reciever, it is NOT the same as the ones built for the US gov't. I don't know if those recievers are any good, it may be a great shooter, but in terms of value is not in the same league as a USGI M1 reciever'd rifle

idk what to do lol

idk what to do lol

 

Federal Ordnance was a commercial entity and AFAIK, never contracted with the US govt to produce anything for them. So it seems like you have a commercial M1, there are others, most notably the Springfield Armory company, the same folks that make M1As. As far as tracking the reciever serial number, maybe you can Google it to see if there is a list of SNs produced by Fed ord. Have you shot it?

idk what to do lol

 

Put a pic or two up of the receiver where its marked and of the receiver sides, out of the stock, of course. Has the headspace been checked?

this is the front ser# D353829 SA, reciever is 840232 can anyone tell me?

 

 

D 35382 SA is a Springfield Armory op rod drawing # any other #s where you found that one?

bolt drawing # would be D28287

post war bolt drawing # are 6528287-SA October 1945 to end of production