Going to gently disagree, gnoahh.. it's known that they bought a bunch of 720's for training purposes, and some "riot" versions with shorter barrels for security personnel.

While some of these very possibly later became "loaners", I doubt the Army would have acquired any number of 720's after the war - especially since the plain receivers weren't being made after the war.

Army even has a TM for the 720. They definitely didn't do that for loaners.

http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/wwiitms/TM9_285_1942.pdf


If the markings are much different, a guy needs to be careful. There have been a number of 720's that are counterfeit military rifles - stamped faked or parts switched.

Last edited by Calhoun; 08/15/14.
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