A Garand and her foe

[garrettbragg12]

Very nice...forged trigger guard on a SA '44? Ok, If you say so...both very nice...

Thank you for the compliments!

As to the trigger guard, the housing and internals are all correct with matching finish/patina, and like RCS, I've noticed this serial range with both, so I felt safe in assuming it was an original.

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My original April 1944 Springfield M1 rifle has the milled trigger guard, I think you will find both types during the early to mid months of 1944.

When the Japanese first captured M1 rifles during 1942, they re-barreled them to test out in their 7,7mm cartridge. They disliked the en bloc clip and used a stripper clip box
magazine on there M1 rifle copies

I've read about that, and think the Japanese Garand would be the cats meow of a Japanese collection. Unfortunately I've only seen two online for sale, both not being much more than barreled receivers.

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That could also have possibly have also been to simplify supply (even though, they were horrendous at that) as they already had the stripper clips in the system, which means the ammo would only have to come as it was already packaged. Unfortunately we will never know though what the thought process was behind it.

Very nice rifles.

Thank you!