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On the top is a Saginaw SG (1943) receiver build by Fulton Armory with a mix of original USGI and newly made USGI spec parts. It has a Fulton Armory Match barrel and is a fine shooter. It is one of my favorite guns to shoot. Expensive, but well worth it in my opinion.

On the bottom is a newly acquired early build National Postal Meter (about 38,000 of the NPM line) with mostly NPM parts except for the slide (ROCK-OLA type II slide) and the rear sight which has no manufacturer mark and has the squared off S on the left, rather than rounded as it should have. It has an UNDERWOOD barrel dated 4-43 and the receiver serial number indicates it should have come off the line July 1943. Early type I High Wood, I cut Trimble Nursery and Furniture Company stock with proper cartouche's and no rebuild marks. Judging by the dirt and the patina underneath said dirt, it appears to have been in this configuration for a very long time. It had not been properly cleaned in so long the firing pin was stuck in the bolt and would not move, and the slide stop was stuck as well. Any oil it had received had long since tuned into a sticky varnish.

All though I'm sure it's not, the ROCK-OLA slide "appears" original to the gun as well based on it's condition when I got it. It is the correct type II slide for that period. I have read that NPM got some lateral support on slides from Inland early on, but have seen nothing about ROCK-OLA. I got it from a large dealer and have no history on it. As i stated before based on it's condition (dirt, patina, wear patterns) I can tell that it has been in this configuration for a very long time. Every other internal part is correct appears original to this carbine.