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MILITARY DATES OF MANUFACTURE. M1911 & M1911A1. M14 Rifle: Winchester. Other Serial Number And Markings Links: Marlin. Mini-14 Rifle (Manufactured from 1978 to 2004) Caliber: 223 Rem, 222 Rem; Beginning Serial Number: Years of Production: 181-07488: 1978: 181-48351: 1979.

I recently bought an M1A and became curious. Hope this helps some of you out as I know there are alot of M1A 'fans' on this board 000001 to 003700 Texas era receivers tend to exhibit one or more dimensional flaws as identified by retired M14 gunsmith Art Luppino. Springfield Armory, Inc. In Texas assembled about 2000 complete rifles using USGI parts before it was sold to Bob Reese (Geneseo, IL).

An additional 120 rifles were built for Elmer Bal lance by Glenn Nelson and Wayne Young before June 1974 using stripped or barreled receivers supplied by Elmer. 000001 to 063XXX Receivers machined by Valley Ordnance Co. Were given a lot of hand grinding and polishing by Melvin Smith. Specifically, these areas were: 1) the exterior heel corners on the sides 2) the flat surface aft of the operating rod channel 3) the top surface of the left receiver wall from the cartridge clip guide to the barrel ring 4) the vertical surface on the right side behind the cartridge clip guide all the way back including the windage knob ear 5) the left side of the barrel ring forward of the horizontal scope mount groove 6) the magazine well aft of the feed lips and 7) the top surface of the barrel ring after all machining operations that located off the barrel ring had been done.

Spam Filter Isp Download Speeds there. This cosmetic detailing is evident as late as M1A serial number 062857 but was no longer being done by serial number 064922. Note that the hand polishing served to enhance the aesthetic appearance but did not add to the functional ability of the M1A receiver.

As Melvin Smith moved to semi-retirement the receiver surfaces noted above were finished by machine. For example, the magazine well on M1A receivers was cut and broached by machine tool after Mr. Smith purchased Hillside Manufacturing. 000011 Receiver left side connector lock hole is present. 000049 Receiver left side connector lock hole is missing. Receiver heel rear end wall centerline thickness is ¼ “.

000377 Highest observed serial number with 7.62-MM marking on the receiver heel. 000440 Lowest observed serial number with 7.62-mm marking on the receiver heel. 000567 to 000708 Within this serial number range, Valley Ordnance Co. Changed the receiver design.

The rear end of the M1A receiver bolt right lug slot, located under the rear sight base cover, was extended 0.080 ' to the rear to prevent possible damage to the bolt roller. 001XXX to 002XXX Gray-Syracuse, Inc.

Evoscan Serial Crack. Becomes the casting supplier of M1A receivers. 002010 Receiver left side connector lock hole is still missing. 002068 Receiver left side connector lock hole reappears for good. 002709 Lowest known serial number (stripped receiver) sold by SA, Inc. Located in Geneseo, IL. 002877 Highest documented serial number (complete rifle) shipped from Springfield Armory, Inc. Download Depeche Mode Greatest Hits Torrent. 002884 Receiver heel rear end wall centerline thickness is 5/16 “.

Serial numbers after this have noticeably less steel cut away in the bolt raceways after of the cartridge clip guide. 002884 to 010048 At some point in this serial number range, the receiver design was changed to incorporate a hemispherical cut in the windage knob ear outboard side (commercial NM rear sight).