Late 1944 S.A. Garand (almost original?)
Hi there,
I purchased my M1 Garand roughly 7 years ago, then moved cities, bought a house, and life got busy. My M1 Garand sat in the safe all these years - never disassembled it, never shot it. Well, I finally got around to field stripping it for cleaning and I’ve taken pictures of all the markings I could find (I’m sure there’s more, but would require complete disassembly). I’m “new” to these and would appreciate some help.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...06E8A730-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...287F084E-1.jpg
As far as I can tell, all the parts seem to be correct! The only thing that seems odd is the barrel is not within 3 months of the receiver as Ive read should be the case. The barrel is actually 8 months older than the receiver, but it’s very clean and rifling is strong. Additionally, I believe the op rod is original, but has been “cut”. I will provide a list of the parts below with pictures. If I don’t include a certain part, it means I didn’t find any markings on it.
Receiver
U.S. RIFLE
CAL. .30M1
SPRINGFIELD
ARMORY
3312975
(December 1944)
A 1 8
D 28291-35
(July 1944 - October 1945)
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...BF5EDpng-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...C5E9Dpng-1.jpg
Barrel
3-S-A-4-44
(April 1944)
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...0BBE7png-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...9969Cpng-1.jpg
Bolt
D28287-19SA O-15
(July 1944 - October 1945)
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...98F52png-1.jpg
Follower Assembly
12 (Type 2D)
(October 1943 - March 1945)
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DED4Apng-1.jpg
Hammer
C46008-7 SA (Type 2E)
(August 1944 - January 1945)
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...43F47png-1.jpg
Operating Rod
35382 9 SA (Prefix D is cut-off)
(December 1943 - January 1945)
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...3AECCpng-1.jpg
Safety
SA-11 (Type 3C)
(October 1943 - December 1957)
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...B1357png-1.jpg
Trigger Housing
D28290-14-SA (Type 9)
(November 1944 - January 1945)
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...FE676png-1.jpg
Stock
Side: S.A. G.A.W. and Crossed Cannons
Under buttplate top: 9
Under buttplate bottom: 6 P
Bottom of grip: Circle P and P
(September 1943 - March 1945)
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...36C05png-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...04CAApng-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...308FEpng-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...3F4BApng-1.jpg
Let me know if you’d like any more pictures, although they’ll have to wait until I have more time to disassemble it again. Any insight on what I might have here would be appreciated. I’m still learning about these rifles. Hoping to shoot it in the next week or two. Thanks in advance for your expertise.
Cheers!
Tyler