“Buy the gun, not the story” - a finish dilemm

1. Trig house and most of its parts = IP or S’G’. Hammer and extractor are Inland. 22 coil hammer spring. It is fairly obvious that this trig house was an early S’G’ build and the hammer and extractor were later replaced.

2. All other internals = Inland. No ROCK-OLA parts at all. Inland type ll stock, NOT A REBUILD.

3. No import stamps. Wear points = very minimal.

4. Adj rear sight, bayo lug.

The story:

It was previously claimed by this fellow’s uncle (an officer) to be the carbine he took to war, brought home, and kept. He is in his 80’s. However, the uncle’s current mental condition prevents him from now specifying which war; WWll or Korea.

And now the most odd feature (to me, anyway):

Strangely, the receiver and barrel have been heavily reparked. So heavy (and dull) that it has partially filled in the stampings. Reminds me of my Blue Sky. See pics. And, the repark appears to include the rear sight but not the front sight. The B/R shows minimal signs of handling after it was reparked.

The question is: Could there be an unusual explanation for the repark?  Perhaps (if the story is true) this was a post-WWll rebuild/repark, later sent to Korea, issued to the uncle, lightly used and brought home with him? If so, is it likely to have retained the IP/S’G’ trigger group after the rebuild? There is no indication that the uncle did a repark after he brought it back. If the uncle story is not valid, then I suppose it could have been a post-WWll rebuild, obtained and sold off by the DCM or CMP. The stock is not rebuilt stamped, so it appears the stock did not follow the gun in either of these scenarios.

I suppose no way to know for sure. I just thought it was worth pondering. Have a great week.