Late 1944 S.A. Garand (almost original?)

[hurrikane18]

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.




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)




Barrel
3-S-A-4-44
(April 1944)




Bolt
D28287-19SA O-15
(July 1944 - October 1945)



Follower Assembly
12 (Type 2D)
(October 1943 - March 1945)



Hammer
C46008-7 SA (Type 2E)
(August 1944 - January 1945)



Operating Rod
35382 9 SA (Prefix D is cut-off)
(December 1943 - January 1945)



Safety
SA-11 (Type 3C)
(October 1943 - December 1957)



Trigger Housing
D28290-14-SA (Type 9)
(November 1944 - January 1945)



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)






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

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