World War II ended before many of these sniper rifles could be assembled, so a quantity of the modified receivers remained in storage at Springfield. For example, in 1952, some rifles were put together with unused, late World War II-vintage M1 receivers that had been drilled with five holes on the left side-for the Griffin & Howe scope mount bracket-for use as “M1C” sniper rifles. While plans were being formulated to begin production, a number of M1s were assembled using leftover receivers in the Armory’s inventory. To address the demand, Springfield Armory was ordered in 1951 to resume M1 production. Even with the large stockpile of World War II arms (overhauled and otherwise), the scale of the Korean War depleted supplies. The outbreak of hostilities on the Korean peninsula in 1950 renewed demand for small arms, including M1 rifles. Perform a ranged search (+/- 25) of your M1 Garand serial number on all lists on this site.Submit your HRA M1 Garand to the HRA with LMR barrel list.List an M1 Garand you are searching for.Submit your M1 Garand to the Master List.Export data to spreadsheets or CSV files for your reference.Find general knowledge related to care, maintenance and inspection of your M1 Garand.Generate a build list of your M1 Garand by entering manufacturer and serial number.Generate a datasheet of your M1 Garand by entering components and markings.Generate a listing of components based on manufacturer, component group or individual component.Determine an M1 Garand date of manufacture.Fast forward to the future, and the ability to easily (at a price) collect and purchase this rifle has exploded its popularity in the United States, unlike the M14 or M16 with the Class III status that it entails. This stems from the rifle’s revolutionary adoption in World War Two, making the United States the first large scale military to have a semi automatic rifle. The M1 has an almost cult like following among the collector group in the United States.

With that in mind, I came across this online database that anyone can submit information about their M1 Garand to.

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