9 Mar 2021 Garand Picture of the Day - Midway1942 Inspection

[Mark in Rochester]

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[browningautorifle]

A bit of everything in this early shot. A Hawley helmet liner, an M1 with a 1917 helmet, a 1903 with an M1 helmet...a couple of sun helmets. I'd love to examine the gov't stampings on those M1s. Look like trapless butts on the M1s?

[Bob Womack]

Much of the defenses of Midway Island before the battle there were cobbled up at the last minute from an admixture of units, so this isn't too much of a surprise.

Bob

[Mark in Rochester]

Both rear sights on the Garands are flush nut

[browningautorifle]

I wish we could see profile of them, Look like flat butt plates...

[RCS]

Difficult to really identify the type of butt plate, the solid butt plate is very thin at the top and has a curve going into the toe.

While Springfield replaced the solid butt plate in the fall of 1940, Winchester continued to use the solid butt plate into early 1942