So, I'm at a rifle range shooting and the guy a couple of lanes down keeps getting failure to extract with a M1 rifle. I always carry a cleaning rod, and let him knock out the stuck case a few times until he gives up. Very broad NY accent, quite an unforgettable gentleman.
Fast forward a few months and there is the same guy selling some Colonel's personal M1. In his broad NY accent and very loudly telling stories about this very rifle. Used in VietNam, Korea, and as issued in the WWII. With a 1954 HRA barrel? He does not remember me so I ask him for a closer inspection, and the name of the colonel, chat a bit about if the original owner was a colonel in WWII. Answered yes Green Berets can only advance to colonel? Anyway on inspection I recognize the rifle and the same chipped weak springed extractor. So I ask how it works and was told perfectly as the colonel rarely had to shoot at the enemy. Told that this rifle is all original and as issued in WWII.
I do know that M1s got a refurb, refit and overhaul many times. And I didn't call him on it.