Springfield Armory M1 Garand 1945 Original RARE Gas Trap Serial Number 86719 manufactured in 3/1940 (1945 MAR 3627442-APR3717867). 9.5/10 Mint condition with perfect finish and no corrosion. Thee are a few dents in the wood fonosh from moving around gun safes over the last 70 years. This rifle was made a few months before WWII ended and as a result was never sent overseas. Has been fired a few times but is as Mint as you can get from a WWII Mi Garand. Comes with 1 WWII En bloc magazines. Not sure if the sling is original WWII or not but is unused.
The M1 Garand or M1 rifle is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S Army during World War II and the Korean War. This is a MINT original Gas Trap version manufactured between 1938 JAN 7715- FEB 8762 and was sent to WWI but sat somewhere because the condition is 9/10. THese are very rare especially in this kind of condition as most were converted to non-gas trap versions during WWII or after for the Korean War or Vietnam.
The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand. It was the first standard-issue autoloading rifle for the United States. By most accounts, the M1 rifle performed well. General George S. Patton called it "the greatest battle implement ever devised".[13][14] The M1 replaced the bolt-action M1903 Springfield as the U.S.' service rifle in 1936,[15] and was itself replaced by the selective-fire M14 rifle on March 26, 1958.
Production difficulties delayed deliveries to the Army until September 1937. Machine production began at Springfield Armory that month at a rate of ten rifles per day, and reached an output of 100 per day within two years. Despite going into production status, design issues were not at an end. The barrel, gas cylinder, and front sight assembly were redesigned and entered production in early 1940. Production of the Garand increased in 1940 despite these difficulties,reaching 600 a day by January 10, 1941, Many existing "gas-trap" rifles were recalled and retrofitted so few were left in circulation and as a result this one os very rare.
The M1 Garand was designed for simple assembly and disassembly to facilitate field maintenance. It can be field stripped (broken down) without tools in just a few seconds.
By modern standards, the M1's feeding system is archaic, relying on clips to feed ammunition, and is the principal source of criticism of the rifle. Officials in Army Ordnance circles demanded a fixed, non-protruding magazine for the new service rifle. At the time, it was believed that a detachable magazine on a general-issue service rifle would be easily lost by U.S. soldiers (a criticism made of British soldiers and the Lee–Enfielddozens years previously), would render the weapon too susceptible to clogging from dirt and debris (a belief that proved unfounded with the adoption of the M1 Carbine), and that a protruding magazine would complicate existing manual-of-arms drills. As a result, inventor John Garand developed an en bloc clip system that allowed ammunition to be inserted from above, clip included, into the fixed magazine. While this design provided the requisite flush-mount magazine, the clip system increased the rifle's weight and complexity, and made only single loading ammunition possible without a clip.
En bloc clip (Comes with 10 WWII En block clips)
An M1 Garand en bloc clip loaded with eight .30-06 Springfield rounds
Loading the M1
Unloading an M1 en bloc clip
The M1 rifle is fed by an en bloc clip which holds eight rounds of .30-06 Springfield ammunition.
- Stock: 1
- Model: Springfield Armory M1 Garand March 1945 10/10 Condition
- Weight: 5.00kg
