Winchester M2 carbine S/N xxxxxxx:
The majority of the gun, except for the trigger housing assembly, has been refinished and blued. As is common with such refinishing jobs, the gun was over-polished, and many sharp edges were rounded off in the refinishing process. All markings on the receiver ring (if there were any) have been polished off. The markings under the rear sight appear to be correct and complete, as far as can be determined without removing the rear sight. No "M2" markings were found on the receiver, although records indicate that Winchester did manufacture select-fire (M2) carbines in this serial number range. The original military front sight has been replaced with a civilian part. The rear sight is of the late-production, machined, type, which appears to be correct for a gun in this serial number range. The handguard is perforated metal and does not appear to be of military origin. The front band is of the early type, i.e., without bayonet lug. Most late-production guns in this serial number range were produced with the late-model band and bayonet lug. (The band may have been changed at the time of refinishing, to aid in "sporterizing" the gun.) Although Winchester did, in fact, produce M2 carbines in the serial number range of this gun, from the appearance of the gun it may be that the gun was an original military M1 which was refinished and customized, and then converted M2 (select-fire) configuration. After W.W.II and during the Korean Conflict, many of the military's mothballed M1 carbines were arsenal reconditioned and converted to select-fire (M2) configuration, often without re-marking the receivers "M2", so that it is quite possible that the gun is an original M2. The gun was registered during the 1968 Amnesty registration period.

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