Question for Mark Christian--Danish Garand

Ambrose

Ran across a rifle called a "Danish" M1 on another site. Receiver markings consist of a crown over FKF over Nr. over P.B.428. The stock looks too pretty but everything else looks standard Garand. Can you tell us anything about a rifle like this?

I'm not going to buy it: I have 3 pretty nice U.S. Garands, a Winchester, a Springfield and a H&R and that's enough for me.

babun

Read this...

http://www.odcmp.co/services/rifles/danish.htm

mark christian

quote:Originally posted by babun
Read this...

http://www.odcmp.co/services/rifles/danish.htm


I can't add much to that. Thanks babun

Ambrose

In reading Babum's post, I did not see that Denmark made M1 receivers. The receiver markings I noted were in the area where US markings were customarily located (Winchester, Springfield, etc.) plus serial numbers. So, did the Danes "scrub" the US receiver markings and substitute their own?

BTW: Barrel is marked BSid 1954.

mark christian

Beretta and/or Breda made receivers for Denmark under contract. USGI rifles are my area, not the foreign makes. I am afraid I really can't offer much help with the foreign copies.

jimthompson502002

As the literature makes clear, the Italian M1's were pure specification M1 Garand rifles, and some of the very best.

The Danish orders were by no means the last.

Denmark never made an M1, but they did produce barrels (and wonderful ones!!), butt stocks, bayonets, and a few small parts.

Obviously, this was a decade and more after WW2.

Because they were made to true competitive pressure, many consider the Breda and Beretta Garands the very best.