Hey guys if you know me I'm always researching in the National Archives for Marine Weapon info. I've been hitting the National Archives lately on the M40 series of rifles and I've been able to find a lot of new info on them.
One thing I have found at the National Archives (that I'm really excited about) is how to date M40A1's. So if you have a Return stock, if you give me the last four on the stock I can date it. Before anyone says anything, it is possible stocks were swapped, but this does not seem very likely by the docs. In seems rare a stock was swapped. But this case study will see if I am correct.
After seeing the post on the new run of smears and seeing all 50 stocks in one post, I thought this would be a lot of fun to do the same kind of post on the Return Stocks.
If you guys post your return stock (with a similar angle side shot as those below) I will take the photo, edit it, and then put it into this post in order. I just think it would be a lot of fun to put the stocks in order and see the change of McMillian over time.
Like for instance they say the earliest were more green. We can now see if that is correct by charting it.
So to get this started, a few of the ones I've seen lately. If you have one, please add it to this post with the last four of the serial. If you want to be private, just message me the info and I can add it publically, or I will keep it private for my own research. Whichever you prefer.
June 1977
August 1977 (Skunk)
Sept 1977
Sept 1977 (Skunk)
Sept 1979
Painted Smear, Feb 1980
Oct 1980
Sept 1980 (Sniff, number only on buttplate, "Avail" written in the barrel channel)
Aug 1995 (only a partial pic)
Dec 1999
Jan 2000 Painted Woodland
July 2001
One thing I have found at the National Archives (that I'm really excited about) is how to date M40A1's. So if you have a Return stock, if you give me the last four on the stock I can date it. Before anyone says anything, it is possible stocks were swapped, but this does not seem very likely by the docs. In seems rare a stock was swapped. But this case study will see if I am correct.
After seeing the post on the new run of smears and seeing all 50 stocks in one post, I thought this would be a lot of fun to do the same kind of post on the Return Stocks.
If you guys post your return stock (with a similar angle side shot as those below) I will take the photo, edit it, and then put it into this post in order. I just think it would be a lot of fun to put the stocks in order and see the change of McMillian over time.
Like for instance they say the earliest were more green. We can now see if that is correct by charting it.So to get this started, a few of the ones I've seen lately. If you have one, please add it to this post with the last four of the serial. If you want to be private, just message me the info and I can add it publically, or I will keep it private for my own research. Whichever you prefer.
June 1977
August 1977 (Skunk)
Sept 1977
Sept 1977 (Skunk)
Sept 1979
Painted Smear, Feb 1980
Oct 1980
Sept 1980 (Sniff, number only on buttplate, "Avail" written in the barrel channel)
Aug 1995 (only a partial pic)
Dec 1999
Jan 2000 Painted Woodland
July 2001
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