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<blockquote data-quote="Perplexed" data-source="post: 1680597" data-attributes="member: 7157">I just heard back from a friend who&#039;s dealt with the CMP a long time now.&nbsp; He recalls that up till a few years ago, the CMP had a good number of M1&#039;s with lockbar sights, especially in the Field Grade category.&nbsp; The theory went that whenever the CMP found a FG rifle that needed the rear sight replaced, they&#039;d use a lockbar sight for that, saving the T105E1 sights for the &quot;better quality&quot; M1&#039;s.&nbsp; Once they caught on to how desirable the lockbars were, they started keeping those back.&nbsp; So your M1 probably was one of those rifles which needed a new rear sight when the CMP got it, and they slapped a lockbar on it.&nbsp; Lucky you!Now, for those better pics and a breakdown of the parts content <img src="/images/smilies/wink2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink2&nbsp; &nbsp; :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Perplexed, post: 1680597, member: 7157"] I just heard back from a friend who's dealt with the CMP a long time now. He recalls that up till a few years ago, the CMP had a good number of M1's with lockbar sights, especially in the Field Grade category. The theory went that whenever the CMP found a FG rifle that needed the rear sight replaced, they'd use a lockbar sight for that, saving the T105E1 sights for the "better quality" M1's. Once they caught on to how desirable the lockbars were, they started keeping those back. So your M1 probably was one of those rifles which needed a new rear sight when the CMP got it, and they slapped a lockbar on it. Lucky you! Now, for those better pics and a breakdown of the parts content :wink2: [/QUOTE]

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