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M3A1 Garand Combo tool


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I picked up one of the Italian modified M3A1s with the hex nut. It appears to be an early tool because it has the longer screwdriver with the round cutout. The tool has no mfg stamp as was typical of the first M3A1s, but it does have a boxed star over T over 6. I have tried repeatedly to view Bill Ricca's site but it seems to have been disabled. 1 - Does anyone know about these markings?

2 - Any idea regarding Bill's site?

 

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Bill retired a while ago and I expect that his lease finally ran out on his web site and it is shut down. Since your tool is a foreign rebuild I expect it was assembled from parts, hence the early blade. It very well could have been built at Terni. I believe new tools assembled in Italy were riveted but the rehabbed tools have the hex nut.

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Sad to know Bil’s getting out of business, been to many a show he attended, set up behind him once, what a good time. My young son had a pea shooter, had to take it away from him after Bill asked who was shooting spit balls. LOL, we all laughed.

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I suspect he means the nut holding the tool together. The Koreans and in some cases the Italians used a nut to hold the tool together rather than a rivet when they made/modified the tools.

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