Springfield m1 garand serial numbers by year

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After eight of ten contracts were canceled in 1944Р”Вue to a surplus, Springfield Armory was selected as a repository for some of the M1 Carbine production machinery and most of the surplus parts. Springfield Armory and other government owned facilities were already committed to other projects. All ten companies that made the original GI carbines were contracted to do so as The U.S.30 caliber M1 Carbine was never manufactured at Springfield Armory. The museum and surroundings are well worth a visit. Springfield Armory is now a National Historic Site maintained by the Springfield Armory was our Nation's first armory and last armory. In 1968, Springfield Armory was closed in a cost-saving effort resulting in U.S. Semi-automatic M1 or Garand rifle made from 1937 to 1957. The 20th century weapon they are known best for is the Production of weaponry at the Armory began in 1795.Р”Р‡or over two centuries Springfield Armory manufactured weapons for the United States of America. Springfield as the site for one of the two Federal Armories (the 2nd was Harper's Ferry). In 1794 the new Federal government decided to manufacture its own muskets so that the Nation would not be dependent on foreign arms. By the 1780s the Arsenal was a major ammunition and weapons depot. After the war, the government kept the facility to store arms for future needs. Barracks, shops, storehouses, and a magazine were built, but no arms During the Revolution the arsenal stored muskets, cannon, and other weapons. In 1777 'The Arsenal at Springfield' was established to manufacture cartridges and gun carriages for theР”Р„merican Revolution. But that's me.Post WWII Commercially Manufactured M1 Carbines (U.S.A.) I will take a rebuilt, 'up to snuff' M1 Rifle at $800 to $1200 any day of the week over a $2000 'correct' M1 Rifle that's got a shot out barrel and other worn parts, with bad bolt closure timing and maybe a weak clip ejector spring and a worn op rod latch that won't latch and hold the op rod back properly for loading. In my opinion, a rebuilt M1 Rifle is more desirable because presumably all worn, deficient, or outdated parts were replaced, unless some owner since rebuild did some additional parts swapping. It's a matter of market demand and what a willing buyer would pay for yours. Some collectors tend to pay more for a totally 'correct' example, and less for a 'rebuild' like yours that has a mixture of parts of various vintages.

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With that as background, your rifle is a genuine M1 Rifle, however it is not 'correct' even if all other parts are of the proper vintage for the serial number simply because the barrel is a replacement. Back in the day, 'parts is parts' was the order of the day, and NOBODY paid any attention to what parts were assembled into rifles as long as they were not obsoleted. At least that is what most serious collectors assume. So a rifle with a receiver serial number dating to June 1943 would be expected to have parts with specific drawing numbers / suffixes that trace to that time, or within a month or three. For example, bolts and other parts have a suffix to the drawing number, something like '-2SA' or '-9SA' where the suffix indicates a particular revision to the part. Purist collectors seem to be caught up in wanting their M1 Rifles to be 'correct,' will all parts comprising a given example being of the correct vintage. To me, or another shooter, an M1 Rifle that was arsenal rebuilt with a replacement barrel that gauges Muzzle Wear of '0' or '1' is worth more than a 'correct' M1 Rifle with an original barrel from early 1945 that is 'shot out' and gauges >3 or 4. This does not affect the the value of the weapon in general does it?That depends. Last edited by Noah_Zark May 13th, 2016 at 01:09 PM. Think of drawing numbers as 'part numbers'. Barrel drawing numbers from wartime through 1957 were 'D35448' where 'D' was the size of the blueprint sheet on which the drawing was made, and 35448 was the actual number of the part. Sometime after that, your rifle was rebuilt and this barrel was installed. Your barrel is a postwar replacement made by the government's Springfield Armory in March, 1967.

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W1 - 'Heat Number' i.e., lot number code of the steel from which the barrel was made. The number on the barrel of your M1 Rifle breaks down as follows:Р”В¦535448 - Drawing number (1960s spare part production) This suggests it was manufactured Jan-Feb 1945. The reason I think the receiver is WW2 era is because the number on it is: 3429466.

SPRINGFIELD M1 GARAND SERIAL NUMBERS BY YEAR HOW TO

I want to know how to decipher the number on the barrel. I have an M1 Garand that so far appears to be a WW2 era rifle.

Springfield m1 garand serial numbers by year