M1A1 grip question
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Topic: M1A1 grip question
Posted By: yinzer
Subject: M1A1 grip question
Date Posted: Jan 06 2022 at 11:50am
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Could anybody here explain what all these tiny little letter A's are that a stamped on this M1A1 Paratrooper Grip. Thanks, TR    ------------- TR |
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Posted By: GotSnlB28
Date Posted: Jan 06 2022 at 3:50pm
| Usually those letters are from an inspection process. I don't recall seeing m1a1 grips with them before, but most likely that's what it is. |
Posted By: yinzer
Date Posted: Jan 06 2022 at 6:01pm
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Thanks for shedding some light on all these tiny letter A's, that's a lot of inspections for this little grip. Tom ------------- TR |
Posted By: usmcdoc67
Date Posted: Jan 07 2022 at 8:17am
Have seen many M1A1's over the years but none with those A's. Also, the marking on the front looks like Mickey Mouse turned sideways, not the circle "P" ------------- Glenn |
Posted By: yinzer
Date Posted: Jan 07 2022 at 5:56pm
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I agree on the stamp on the front of the grip, I gave up trying to figure out what heck that one was, but this an authentic M1A1 Paratrooper Grip by all other indications. I'll just have to live with the oddball markings I guess. ------------- TR |
Posted By: yinzer
Date Posted: Jan 08 2022 at 10:00pm
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Thanks all of you for your input, I’ve gotten the answer to my questions. TR ------------- TR |
Posted By: New2brass
Date Posted: Jan 09 2022 at 11:17am
Care to share the answer? I am not convinced it is a upside down P based on the the proportions It is more reminiscent of the Spanish Civil Guard emblem, A Belgian proof mark that was for black powder rifles as well as a Paris proof house marking that was an backward E and a P in a circle. I am not saying it is any one of those, but is probably a European marking of some form
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yinzer wrote:Posted By: jackp1028
Date Posted: Jan 09 2022 at 2:26pm
@Dan, I agree. It reminded me of the Belgian "Provisional" proof mark you would normally see stamped on the barrel. ------------- JackP |
Posted By: carbinekid
Date Posted: Jan 09 2022 at 4:25pm
| it reminds me of the P proof you’d see used in the late 1890s to early 1900s on Krags. |
Posted By: arthur
Date Posted: Jan 09 2022 at 9:34pm
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Looks to me very close to markings on FN49 stocks in front of trigger housings.  |
Posted By: yinzer
Date Posted: Jan 10 2022 at 8:47am
Well, I really didn't have a definitive answer to the post thinking my post was in the ditch, but I think you may have solved the riddle to the stamp in the circle on the grip. This grip was purchased from S.I.A.M. Militaria-Collector.Com located in France and I read on this site that FN in Belgium did a lot of postwar rebuilding of American weapons for the U.S Army. However, I did read this in a NRA American Rifleman article on FN's postwar rebuilding effort of U.S. small arms "Fabrique Nationale did not add any known markings, even some markings found on postwar M1 carbine magazines and generally attributed to FN manufacture are questionable at best. It is likely the U.S. military specified that no markings be applied, as FN historically marked parts for quality control in its own production." Here are a few more photos of the stamp at different angles.    ------------- TR |
Posted By: New2brass
Date Posted: Jan 10 2022 at 9:07am
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You are correct that FN did rebuilds for the US and were not to mark the carbines in any way. We know they rebuilt the M1a1s as well as there a pictures of M1a1 stocks being rebuilt at the FN factory. After the war a great many carbines were lent or sold to other countries. I suspect your grip was on one of those carbines and went though a inspection or rebuild. This would not fall under the rules of a carbine that was rebuilt for the US. It could also be a property or unit marking from a foreign country. We see carbine stocks marked with all kind of markings that found their way back to the States. Have you tried reaching out to the vendor to see if they know what the marking is? ------------- http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/forum/club-assistance-saginaw-receivers_topic4716.html" rel="nofollow - Club Survey Saginaw Receivers |
Posted By: yinzer
Date Posted: Jan 10 2022 at 9:40am
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No, I have not spoken to the vendor yet as to the origin of these parts but I have been meaning to ask him about that as I have purchased several other M1 carbine parts from him. ------------- TR |
Posted By: French addict
Date Posted: Jan 11 2022 at 9:57am
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