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T. O'Heir · February 1, 2019, 01:49 PM

"...records of exactly which small parts were originally on..." Never seen any such list/very detailed records, ever. In any case, most subcontractor parts were not marked in any way.
The weapons techs who did the post war rebuilds(that was done primarily to bring as many as possible up to current standard as of 1945. Weapons techs still do not care who makes the parts they install on anything.) did not care who made what part. Nor did they document any of that. Other than which arsenal did the work on a particular Carbine. The parts used came out of bins and some of 'em were updated by FN in Belgium.
Even then the part numbers were not the same over the Carbine's entire career. You really have to read the whole uscarbinecal30.com site.

February 1, 2019, 01:49 PM	#10
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	"...records of exactly which small parts were originally on..." Never seen any such list/very detailed records, ever. In any case, most subcontractor parts were not marked in any way. The weapons techs who did the post war rebuilds(that was done primarily to bring as many as possible up to current standard as of 1945. Weapons techs still do not care who makes the parts they install on anything.) did not care who made what part. Nor did they document any of that. Other than which arsenal did the work on a particular Carbine. The parts used came out of bins and some of 'em were updated by FN in Belgium. Even then the part numbers were not the same over the Carbine's entire career. You really have to read the whole uscarbinecal30.com site. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!