Now that we have a serial number for your Garand, we will see which are the good elements that must constitute this one. (3) Actual serial numbers assigned up to 3,889.xxx (actual number not known) (2) Actual serial numbers assigned up to 2,540,000 (1) Serial number in duplicate with Springfield numbers (approx. Summary of Garand rifle serial numbers assigned during the period 1940-1945
Here is the summary table of the serial number ranges affected until 1945 for 'Springfield' and 'Winchester Repeating Arms Company Garand rifles. 513,880 for the Winchester Repeating Arms Company Total production for the war period is 4,040,800 units, broken down as follows: Harrington & Richardson Arms and Internatinal Harvester Company manufactured the Garand after 1945. Our only goal is to give the necessary knowledge base to collectors for them to be able to find their way, nothing more.įirst of all, it should be known that the Garands manufactured during the Second World War were made by Springfield Armory and the Winchester Repeating Arms Company
to refurbish modified Garands and thus have a coherent WW2 weapon. determine at the time of purchase if the Garand offered is an authentic WW2 Garand rifle, a reconditioned, a post-war and even a faked one. I hope this information helps you out.You will find on this page a guide to help collectors to : I personally handled at least a 1000 M1 Garand rifles imported from Korea by Excel, Blue Sky and Arlington Ordnance and never saw a rifle with its issue WWII stock. After 25 years its hard to tell who and when the stock was changed. Your rifle was imported back to the USA from Korea about 25 years ago, Blue Sky was the importer. As far as the butt stock its a replacement stock. This means there was 35 modification to the original blue print for the receiver. A 1945 receiver will have a drawing number of D 28291 35. Example would be the receiver drawing number is D 28291. Most times but not always the original drawing number was used and a dash and revision number added.
During WWII as modifications were made to the manufacture of the part a new blue print for that part was created. The only serial number is on the heal of the receiver. The numbers you refer to as serial numbers are actually drawing numbers and refer to the blue print drawing number for that particular part. I am very sorry for the loss of your father.
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