Question on Stock Stamped US & Flaming Bomb

[DaveG 0]

I’ve looked at a handful of M1941’s over the years, but don’t recall seeing a US & flaming bomb stamped on the stock forward of the trigger guard before.  I saw this on an M1941 at the OGCA show today. Canfield’s book doesn’t mention it and neither did a quick Internet search.  It had the star above the Cranston triangle on the receiver, which I thought was the Dutch acceptance stamp. The S/N was in the A prefix range. It was being sold by an auction house and the table holder insisted the stamp was legit and carried on about Springfield Armory and US Army issue. etc., etc.  I thought it best to just walk away.

Is this possibly a legitimate stamp, or not?

Dave G.

 

[camstuff 0]

I seem to think I saw one for sale within the last two years for sale on one of the auction sites with the US flaming bomb.  I can’t positively answer your question,  but I don’t think that is a normal cartouche for the JSAR’s.   I had a guy tell me at a gun show a few years ago he had seen one stamped with USMC on the stock and he was trying to find one for himself.  I’m pretty sure that’s not a normal cartouche as well.  

[eb in oregon 0]

2 hours ago, DaveG said:

It was being sold by an auction house and the table holder insisted the stamp was legit and carried on about Springfield Armory and US Army issue. etc., etc.  I thought it best to just walk away.

Is this possibly a legitimate stamp, or not?

Springfield Armory had zip to do with the issuance of JSAR's, they were too busy making and proofing the M1 Garand. And general Army issue had little to do with it either. I don't believe that cartouche was legitimate and it was faked. That's an opinion, not an absolute fact. But never having seen that stamp on the numerous rifles I've handled and the pictures I've seen and the history I've read I'm pretty sure it was faked. You took the best course of action.

[ArtR 0]

From the JR&MG book, page 251:

"There were no inspection cartouches or proof makings applied to the wood, and any rifles seen today with such markings are highly suspect."

[Bruce Canfield 0]

You did well by walking away.  Such markings are absolutely bogus.

[ArtR 0]

However, if the price was right, discounting the 'bogus cartouche', might it have been worth the purchase? Sometimes, 'buying the rifle' and not the story can pay off.

[DaveG 0]

Thanks all for the responses. I figured as much.  It was advertised by an auction house to be sold sometime in the future. I don’t remember which auction firm, but you should be seeing it on-line somewhere soon.

Dave G

[ArtR 0]

You did not happen to notice or remember the SN?