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<blockquote data-quote="mblaney" data-source="post: 1666682" data-attributes="member: 17366">If you don&#039;t have it already, you might want to pick up a copy of Scott Duff&#039;s book on the post WW II&nbsp; M1 Garand.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/M1-Garand-Post-World-War/dp/1888722002/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1322757232&amp;sr=8-2" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/M1-Garand-Post-World-War/dp/1888722002/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1322757232&amp;sr=8-2</a>According to Scott&#039;s book, your 5/55 barrel is probably correct for your 5.88 serial.From the book:&quot;However, a review of the records that do exists gives a good idea of when the deliveries were madeand when production ceased. This information coupled with a comparison of a large quantity of rifle serialnumbers and barrel dates has proven helpful. The accompanying table should enable the collector todetermine, with a reasonable degree of accuracy, whether a specific rifle has its original barrel.&quot;&nbsp; [Broken External Image]My&nbsp; SA 432XXXX with 9/53 marked barrel[Broken External Image]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mblaney, post: 1666682, member: 17366"] If you don't have it already, you might want to pick up a copy of Scott Duff's book on the post WW II M1 Garand. [url]http://www.amazon.com/M1-Garand-Post-World-War/dp/1888722002/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1322757232&sr=8-2[/url] According to Scott's book, your 5/55 barrel is probably correct for your 5.88 serial. From the book: "However, a review of the records that do exists gives a good idea of when the deliveries were made and when production ceased. This information coupled with a comparison of a large quantity of rifle serial numbers and barrel dates has proven helpful. The accompanying table should enable the collector to determine, with a reasonable degree of accuracy, whether a specific rifle has its original barrel." [b][Broken External Image][/b] My SA 432XXXX with 9/53 marked barrel [b][Broken External Image][/b] [/QUOTE]

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