M1 Garands

[Marine24]

Me either. Most of my collecting has revolved our WWII and Marine Corps M1s. When I started looking for a Korean War era Garand, I thought I would look for a rebuild with a WWII receiver and a barrel stamp from prior to or early in the Korean War (50-53).

Came across an article in American Rifleman on Post-World War II M1 Garand Rifles. It talks about the SA-52 mark, as well as the 4,200,000 serial number.

[BlasterBob]

Marine24, I picked up a really late manufactured Garand, in the 6,000,000 serial number.

[Marine24]

Nice. Springfield or H&R? 56 or 57 DoM?


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[Hummer]

Me either. Most of my collecting has revolved our WWII and Marine Corps M1s. When I started looking for a Korean War era Garand, I thought I would look for a rebuild with a WWII receiver and a barrel stamp from prior to or early in the Korean War (50-53).

Came across an article in American Rifleman on Post-World War II M1 Garand Rifles. It talks about the SA-52 mark, as well as the 4,200,000 serial number.

Excellent article as are all by Bruce Canfield. It explains why your Korean era SA-52 marked rifle has a low WWII serial number. I wonder if it might have the 5 plugged holes on the left side of the receiver as were made for future production M1C rifles? I also wonder if such plugged holes would even be detectable with refinishing and new parkerizing?

My Korean era Garands are like new arsenal rebuilds, HRA and SA in the 5.4 and 5.9 million serial ranges. A WWII Winchester would be sweet to have but the Korean era Garands were the best made with more refined machining.

[Marine24]

I'm not too familiar with the sniper variants of the M1 Garand (M1C and M1D). Have to rely on my friend, John Kelly, for that. I don't think mine falls in to the M1C receiver category based on serial number. Mine predates by over a year when the M1C was officially adopted in mid-1944. Based on a Bruce Canfield article, The M1C Garand Sniper Rifle, the M1Cs were in the 3.1 to 3.8 million range. I just looked at the left side and there is no evidence of five holes in the receiver.

[Hummer]

Interesting, thanks.

[BlasterBob]

Those two holes in stock were from installation of a rifle grenade sight.

[Marine24]

Thanks. That adds to its character.

[def90]

Yep, grenade sight

[wctriumph]

Very cool guys!
My latest addition is a SA, sn dates to September-October 1955, barrel date is October 1955 making the rifle one month younger than me! Gauges 2 and 2+, fantastic shooter. CMP service grade. I will strip it down and check and record the drawing numbers, see what may be original and replaced.
I love these rifles, still trying to rescue a Winchester from CA, ongoing project with a few moving parts before I get it.