USMC Property marked 40X

[RTH1800]

Does anyone have a USMC PROPERTY marked 40X for sale or photos of the markings on one. I know where there is one I can buy, but not sure about the markings. Or I would buy one that I know is right.
Thank you
RTH

 

[Wheres-Waldo]

Re: USMC Property marked 40X

http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2016281

Hope this helps...

 

[RTH1800]

Re: USMC Property marked 40X

Thank you,I had found that one but it is sold and the pics are gone. Any other ideas?

 

[SDWhirlwind]

Re: USMC Property marked 40X

They are stamped USMC above serial number in place of where most are stamped US. Also they are all the 722 style actions and standard barrels. Don't recall there being anything else different from other production 40-X guns purchased by the branches.

 

[RTH1800]

Re: USMC Property marked 40X

Are the letters about half the size of the US marked ones with periods behind each letter?
As in
U.S.M.C. PROPERTY

 

[168BTHPM]

Re: USMC Property marked 40X

I have three of them, two are marked U.S.M.C. PROPERTY, one is just marked U.S.M.C.

I have several other 40-X's that are marked US PROPERTY, U.S. PROPERTY and just U.S.

 

[RTH1800]

Re: USMC Property marked 40X

Are the letters a bit larger than the SN? The one I am looking at is I would guess about twice as large. Can you send or post a pic. Thank you.

 

[168BTHPM]

Re: USMC Property marked 40X

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: rth1800</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Are the letters a bit larger than the SN? The one I am looking at is I would guess about twice as large. Can you send or post a pic. Thank you. </div></div>

I don't have any pictures of the guns I have now, but this is a close up of one I sold a fellow Hide member earlier this year.

 

[RTH1800]

Re: USMC Property marked 40X

Perfect, thank you. The one I am looking at is not like this and I think it is a fake.
RTH

 

[LoneWolfUSMC]

Re: USMC Property marked 40X

I was too slow with the CMP. I only managed to nab a U.S. marked one. All the USMC's were gone and I doubt I will be in a position to pay the "collectors" prices anytime soon.

My boy loves shooting the 40XB though. I think he digs the fact that it is a full size rifle.

 

[168BTHPM]

Re: USMC Property marked 40X

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: rth1800</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Perfect, thank you. The one I am looking at is not like this and I think it is a fake.
RTH </div></div>

There was a guy in southern CA putting a lot of fake markings on old rifles and 1911 pistols. I think his last name was Buehn or something similar to that. He would mark any old .22 rifle "PROPERTY OF U.S.A." and sell it as a military training rifle. It's really easy to tell if it's one of his guns if you have it in your hands because he used a pantagrach to cut the markings into the gun. Factory markings were either roll stamped or electropenciled. I have owned a couple of hundred US marked rifles and have yet to see a real one with "PROPERTY OF U.S.A." on it.