Gentlemen,lefty o,You are correct Sir. The only real US Military M1 Garands were built by Springfield Armory in Mass. Another company took the name but it had to start with a 7 million serial number so you could tell them apart from the real M1 Garands. Then Winchester and later HRA and IHC all are the real thing. Your best way to go is wth the CMP as there are many cut Receivers out there and if you don't know what your looking at you can get burned fast. Fed Ord didn't last long and some of their M1 didn't last that long either.

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Go with the Best with CMP.Just my.02Thanks againClancyps but then again what do I know about the M1??? You stated in your first post 'It's a Fed.

Ord., serial # 851253,' and I never knew Fed Ord to have a serial number this high. It appears everyone who answered you thinks the Receiver is made by Federal Ordnace by there posts so I was making mention of what I seen. I would hate to see you loose a nice rifle if folks told you to leave it thinking it was a fed Ord Made rifle which by what you just said it is not and is a U.S. WWII rifle that was imported by them.If it is a Winchester it is worth it if the price is right. Where is the Fed Ord stamp at?

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You still pay the normal price, our commission comes from their profit, so you have nothing to lose, while we have something to gain. Also, don't forget to visit our other sponsors sites, click-throughs are appreciated by our advertisers. Your help is appreciated.If this is your first visit, be sure tocheck out the by clicking thelink above. You may have tobefore you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. The front sight is most probably staked in the slide.

In other words, there is a tenon at the bottom of the sight, which passes through that slot you see there. Then, the tenon is hammered from the inside of the slide, to create a flat section, which holds it there.I do not know what sight your pistol had to start with, but I am sure you can get similar sights from Brownells, which will be either the same, or a little taller. If you go with the taller ones, then you should replace the rear sight as well, but the cost is very little, less than 20$ I think.The issue is that to stake the front sight in, you have to have a special tool, called 'sight staking tool' (you can get that from Brownells as well).

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Or you can have a gunsmith install the sight(s) for you, the cost shouldn't be more than 30-40$.