Waffenamt66 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 This is my first m1 garand i picked up a few weeks ago. Made in May 1943 with an original 1943 springfield barrel, a Model 1905E1 (the shortened 10-inch or 254 mm for those who haven't been to the moon) bayonet and more enblocks than i could count at the time (110). A solid 2 on the muzzle gauge and a 3 on the throat gauge which is a lot better than i expected for a 1943 barrel. Top handguards are walnut and the stock is birch so if you have a walnut stock with a springfield cartuche im currently in the market. Shoots pretty awesome for a rifle decades older than i and i could agree with Patton more about his quote of this rifle. More pictures will be added when i get home but these are when i first picked it up. Very dirty and almost no grease where it needed to be. Thank you for reading and i hope you enjoy. Cheers, Tyler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manu Della Valle Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 (edited) Beautiful!Mine is a late-War Springfield with a 1953-dated barrel,early rear sight and later trigger-guard...but I also have an early milled guard but I never come around to fit that! It drives tacks,in fact with a dedicated reload it groups two clips into a tangerine from the rest...these oldies shoots incredibly well! Cheers Manu Edited March 20, 2016 by Manu Della Valle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon1357 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I have 2 Garands. Honestly I no idea what the manufactures are, or the dates. I just know they are great hunt with. Back when I hunted. Now these sit in my cabinet along with my other firearms. Rather sad really as we all know... a firearm is most happy when making noise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manu Della Valle Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 23 hours ago, pylon1357 said: ... a firearm is most happy when making noise. Amen to that,mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OD33 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 that's a sexy girl you have!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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