U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 Roll Call

Iron_Colonel · 02-14-2009, 12:02 AM

Looks like 5 more to add to the count! Nice collection you have there, very nice!

ltcboy · 02-15-2009, 12:31 PM

I have 9. One 1944 SA all correct, one HRA all correct, one IHC all correct, one Breda all correct, one Beretta all correct (Bruce Stern collection), one six digit receiver on a custom cherry stock set restored by DGR, one SA service grade from N. Store & one WWII SA barreled receiver that I am rebuilding into working condition.

MIke

Iron_Colonel · 02-15-2009, 02:37 PM

Hey Mike, thanks for the post. If you have any pics handy, we'd love to see them! Sounds like a nice collection you have there. Congrats

dchancey · 02-15-2009, 02:52 PM

hey sarge i think my dad has a winchester

northernjohhny · 02-16-2009, 02:15 PM

Haven't managed a picture yet, here are the serials on my US Riflee, M1 H+R Arms Co.

Receiver 5566452
Barrel 6535448 12-54 RS45
Trigger Assembly D282 90-WRA
Rod 85353 82SA
Housing 6528291
Bolt 6528287
I do not know what this means yet, as I am waiting for my Garand book from Chapters. I could not order the Kuleck book from the local stores.

all the best

Iron_Colonel · 02-16-2009, 02:33 PM

Thanks for the post, we'll add another!

Baconbits · 02-17-2009, 01:54 PM

I have one. CMP danish return. SA May '41 receiver with VAR barrel. Currently naked since my stock split. (see previous posting) I like the original lock bar sight the most. I just sent in the paperwork for an HRA service grade. All this waiting is killing me.

Iron_Colonel · 02-17-2009, 08:40 PM

The waiting is the hardest part.

rl69 · 02-19-2009, 04:47 PM

have Springfield armory 426xxxx receiver trigger barrel all other parts ar sa in the 6 million. the stock has 4028 stamped on the bottom of the knob that i don't know what it means?

SightNSqueeze · 02-19-2009, 10:31 PM

I don't have pictures, but I have three service grade Garands, all Springfield Armory. Their serial numbers place them 1942, 1943, and 1944/45. Bores and headspaces are good, no rust, restored stocks, green cotton canvas G.I. slings, and I have three 10" M1 bayonets with scabbards. Two have WRA barrels and one of them has a WRA bolt. All have the later rear sights without the locking bar.

All three Garands were used at my father's funeral at the Beaufort National Cemetery by me and two other veterans in my family. The Army was able to provide an Army chaplain and three Army troopers from Fort Stewart, but they could not provide a enough troops for a rifle salute because of the enormous number of World War II veterans that were dying at such a fast rate; about 3000 per day nationwide. That was the summer before 9/11. I was given three enblock clips with .30 blanks by American Legion Post 147 in Charleston for which I'm grateful. Since we didn't have blank adapters at the time, we manually chambered each round. I have since purchased three NATO blank adaptors in the event we have to do it again. I guess I’ll never sell those Garands, but I will shoot them from time to time.

Iron_Colonel · 02-19-2009, 11:10 PM

Sounds like you have some nice rifles there. Thanks for the post. Keep 'em coming!

Iron_Colonel · 02-20-2009, 12:20 AM

After another tally from the last mark of 124, there are by my tally, 26 more to add. So far, thats a total of 150 Garands in the roll call thread. Thats a good round number to carry on from. Keep up the posting, and pics if possible with your roll call post!! Thanks for posting, and keeping the thread going

malevolus · 02-20-2009, 12:27 AM

First Garand, 2nd in the family. Stepdad's got a armory refurb.
Serial number places it made in '53, barrel stamped 11/53.

One of these days I need to take a hammer to my computer so I can pull the pics of my mosins and sporterized 1903A3(no, i didn't commit such blasphemy)

Iron_Colonel · 02-20-2009, 01:01 AM

Nice looking rifle you have there. Get all those pics of your Mosins to the Mosin roll call thread too!! Thanks for the post. Is that Rasputin there on the left? Wonder if he ever shot a Mosin..... We certainly know he didn't shoot any Garands

ronbo · 02-20-2009, 07:28 PM

I originally posted about this rifle on the forum back in 2002 when I first got it. Those of you who were on the forum then will probably remember it. I bought it at an estate auction in Wallingford, CT. It was from the estate of a woman who died in late 2001. Her husband had died in 1997 at the age of 82. She had no heirs and left her estate to her church. The church hired an auction company to liquidate everything. The auctioneer told me about who she had left the estate to and said the rifle was found in the attic. What I didn't include when I originally posted about this rifle was that there was also a 1941 Johnson with it. Unfortunately, the Johnson was rusted beyond belief. I didn't even bid on it. It went for less than $500 as I recall. I paid $370 for the M1 plus buyer's premium and tax for a total of $431. Now, on to the information about the M1.

It is a Springfield with serial number 1069XXX dating it to December 1942. The barrel is SA 12-42 and the stock has a worn, but nice, S.A./E.McF cartouche. TE is 3.5 and I was only able to check the muzzle wear by the bullet test as I don't have a muzzle gauge. Muzzle looked pretty good. Luckily, no corrosion or pitting in the bore. Although the rifle was dusty and dirty, the barrel was well lubricated. The rifle came with a leather sling and had the metal oiler, pull-through, and bore brush in the stock.

Below are some of the part numbers.

Barrel - 1-S-A-12-42
Bolt - D28287-17SA Heat lot B4C
Op rod - D35382 6SA Unmodified
Trigger housing - D28290-8-SA
Hammer - C46008-3SA
Safety - C46015-9SA
Receiver - D28291-17 Heat lot R47
Follower - 11

The right front leg of the receiver has no markings indicating if the rifle was ever rebuilt.

I tried doing some research on the woman's husband to find out about any military service but was unsuccessful. I went to the cemetery to look at his grave site to see if the stone showed any military service. It did not.

Click on the links below to see pictures.

MyEasyPics.com | eBay picture hosting photo hosting auction image gallery

http://www.MyEasyPics.com/pf.php?fid=49438

Oh Mr. Wilson · 02-20-2009, 08:26 PM

I have three 1942 six digit SA Garands, well one is #5 Mini-G, the fifth Mini-G built by Tim Shfflin. Tim is a good friend of mine and had let a few of us know he was developing the Mini-G and had emailed us some pictures. As soon as I had seen the proto type he was working with, I knew instantly what I was going to do with the last six digit receiver and DuPage parts kit I had! I told Tim, "Put me down for one!" Tim made the Mini-G for me last year but I have yet to be able to fire it, maybe this summer when I get back on my feet.

The other two rifles where also rebuilt by Tim for me, new barrels, (one has a new old stock 1955 SA barrel!) stocks, two stage target trigger jobs, reparked, the works! And they are sweet!!. One I gave to my son in law as a gift for his service, (the one with the 1955 SA barrel). Shawn has been to Afghanistan twice now and may very well be called back again.

I have pictures of the Garands at PhotoBucket if you would like to see them.
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I don't have any pics of the Mini-G yet, but you can see them here http://shuffsparkerizing.com/Conversion_Tanker_Sniper.php

Guy Wilson

P.S. I forgot my Nagant M44!!

Robert Seccombe · 02-21-2009, 07:33 PM

There was an article in the GCA Journal Volume 21 Issue 2 (Spring 2007) by Tony Pucci about late 1942 production rifles with revision 17 bolts. There is a data sheet on s/n 1,009,633 with a S-A 11-42 barrel, the bolt is also a revision 17 heat lot B4A. In the article, another rifle s/n 1015827 was found also with a revision 17 bolt heat lot B4A

ronbo · 02-21-2009, 09:58 PM

I saw the article by Pucci and sent him an email about mine. I may have also sent some pictures but I don't recall for sure. Never received an acknowledgement from him so I don't know if he ever received the email or not. He requested that anybody with a rifle with a revision 17 bolt email him.

dmazur · 02-22-2009, 03:01 AM

I have a new production (SAI) NM Garand, which has been modified a little. Rear handguard replaced with scout mount, added muzzle brake, McCann adjustable gas cylinder lock screw. Eotech works well to 200 yds, but the iron sights work, too.

I may get a "real" Garand from CMP to go with this one, which is a lot of fun to shoot at steel gongs.

Iron_Colonel · 02-22-2009, 03:07 AM

Looks very nice. Where abouts you at in the PNW? You in WA? I'm near Lacey/Oly.

02-14-2009, 12:02 AM	#61
Iron_Colonel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington St. Posts: 3,210	Looks like 5 more to add to the count! Nice collection you have there, very nice! __________________ Mosin Nagant evangelist on a mission to convert YOU!

02-15-2009, 02:37 PM	#63
Iron_Colonel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington St. Posts: 3,210	Hey Mike, thanks for the post. If you have any pics handy, we'd love to see them! Sounds like a nice collection you have there. Congrats __________________ Mosin Nagant evangelist on a mission to convert YOU!

02-16-2009, 02:15 PM	#65
northernjohhny Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 13	roll call submission, serial numbers Haven't managed a picture yet, here are the serials on my US Riflee, M1 H+R Arms Co. Receiver 5566452 Barrel 6535448 12-54 RS45 Trigger Assembly D282 90-WRA Rod 85353 82SA Housing 6528291 Bolt 6528287 I do not know what this means yet, as I am waiting for my Garand book from Chapters. I could not order the Kuleck book from the local stores. all the best

02-16-2009, 02:33 PM	#66
Iron_Colonel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington St. Posts: 3,210	Thanks for the post, we'll add another! __________________ Mosin Nagant evangelist on a mission to convert YOU!

02-17-2009, 08:40 PM	#68
Iron_Colonel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington St. Posts: 3,210	The waiting is the hardest part. __________________ Mosin Nagant evangelist on a mission to convert YOU!

02-15-2009, 12:31 PM	#62
ltcboy Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chicagoland area Posts: 548	I have 9. One 1944 SA all correct, one HRA all correct, one IHC all correct, one Breda all correct, one Beretta all correct (Bruce Stern collection), one six digit receiver on a custom cherry stock set restored by DGR, one SA service grade from N. Store & one WWII SA barreled receiver that I am rebuilding into working condition. MIke

02-15-2009, 02:52 PM	#64
dchancey Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 4	hey sarge i think my dad has a winchester

02-17-2009, 01:54 PM	#67
Baconbits Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northern VA Posts: 147	I have one. CMP danish return. SA May '41 receiver with VAR barrel. Currently naked since my stock split. (see previous posting) I like the original lock bar sight the most. I just sent in the paperwork for an HRA service grade. All this waiting is killing me.

02-19-2009, 04:47 PM	#69
rl69 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: brookeland tex Posts: 1,291	have Springfield armory 426xxxx receiver trigger barrel all other parts ar sa in the 6 million. the stock has 4028 stamped on the bottom of the knob that i don't know what it means?

02-19-2009, 10:31 PM	#70
SightNSqueeze Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Intercoastal Sea Islands, SC, USA Posts: 2,719	I don't have pictures, but I have three service grade Garands, all Springfield Armory. Their serial numbers place them 1942, 1943, and 1944/45. Bores and headspaces are good, no rust, restored stocks, green cotton canvas G.I. slings, and I have three 10" M1 bayonets with scabbards. Two have WRA barrels and one of them has a WRA bolt. All have the later rear sights without the locking bar. All three Garands were used at my father's funeral at the Beaufort National Cemetery by me and two other veterans in my family. The Army was able to provide an Army chaplain and three Army troopers from Fort Stewart, but they could not provide a enough troops for a rifle salute because of the enormous number of World War II veterans that were dying at such a fast rate; about 3000 per day nationwide. That was the summer before 9/11. I was given three enblock clips with .30 blanks by American Legion Post 147 in Charleston for which I'm grateful. Since we didn't have blank adapters at the time, we manually chambered each round. I have since purchased three NATO blank adaptors in the event we have to do it again. I guess I’ll never sell those Garands, but I will shoot them from time to time.

02-19-2009, 11:10 PM	#71
Iron_Colonel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington St. Posts: 3,210	Sounds like you have some nice rifles there. Thanks for the post. Keep 'em coming! __________________ Mosin Nagant evangelist on a mission to convert YOU!

02-20-2009, 12:20 AM	#72
Iron_Colonel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington St. Posts: 3,210	After another tally from the last mark of 124, there are by my tally, 26 more to add. So far, thats a total of 150 Garands in the roll call thread. Thats a good round number to carry on from. Keep up the posting, and pics if possible with your roll call post!! Thanks for posting, and keeping the thread going __________________ Mosin Nagant evangelist on a mission to convert YOU!

02-20-2009, 12:27 AM	#73
malevolus Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Montana Posts: 19	First Garand, 2nd in the family. Stepdad's got a armory refurb. Serial number places it made in '53, barrel stamped 11/53. One of these days I need to take a hammer to my computer so I can pull the pics of my mosins and sporterized 1903A3(no, i didn't commit such blasphemy)

02-20-2009, 01:01 AM	#74
Iron_Colonel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington St. Posts: 3,210	Nice looking rifle you have there. Get all those pics of your Mosins to the Mosin roll call thread too!! Thanks for the post. Is that Rasputin there on the left? Wonder if he ever shot a Mosin..... We certainly know he didn't shoot any Garands __________________ Mosin Nagant evangelist on a mission to convert YOU!

02-20-2009, 07:28 PM	#75
ronbo Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SW Pennsylvania Posts: 7	I originally posted about this rifle on the forum back in 2002 when I first got it. Those of you who were on the forum then will probably remember it. I bought it at an estate auction in Wallingford, CT. It was from the estate of a woman who died in late 2001. Her husband had died in 1997 at the age of 82. She had no heirs and left her estate to her church. The church hired an auction company to liquidate everything. The auctioneer told me about who she had left the estate to and said the rifle was found in the attic. What I didn't include when I originally posted about this rifle was that there was also a 1941 Johnson with it. Unfortunately, the Johnson was rusted beyond belief. I didn't even bid on it. It went for less than $500 as I recall. I paid $370 for the M1 plus buyer's premium and tax for a total of $431. Now, on to the information about the M1. It is a Springfield with serial number 1069XXX dating it to December 1942. The barrel is SA 12-42 and the stock has a worn, but nice, S.A./E.McF cartouche. TE is 3.5 and I was only able to check the muzzle wear by the bullet test as I don't have a muzzle gauge. Muzzle looked pretty good. Luckily, no corrosion or pitting in the bore. Although the rifle was dusty and dirty, the barrel was well lubricated. The rifle came with a leather sling and had the metal oiler, pull-through, and bore brush in the stock. Below are some of the part numbers. Barrel - 1-S-A-12-42 Bolt - D28287-17SA Heat lot B4C Op rod - D35382 6SA Unmodified Trigger housing - D28290-8-SA Hammer - C46008-3SA Safety - C46015-9SA Receiver - D28291-17 Heat lot R47 Follower - 11 The right front leg of the receiver has no markings indicating if the rifle was ever rebuilt. I tried doing some research on the woman's husband to find out about any military service but was unsuccessful. I went to the cemetery to look at his grave site to see if the stone showed any military service. It did not. Click on the links below to see pictures. MyEasyPics.com \| eBay picture hosting photo hosting auction image gallery http://www.MyEasyPics.com/pf.php?fid=49438 Last edited by ronbo; 02-22-2009 at 09:55 AM. Reason: Added two more pictures....if I did it successfully.

02-20-2009, 08:26 PM	#76
Oh Mr. Wilson Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Marathon, New York Posts: 16	Three 1942 Six Digit SA's I have three 1942 six digit SA Garands, well one is #5 Mini-G, the fifth Mini-G built by Tim Shfflin. Tim is a good friend of mine and had let a few of us know he was developing the Mini-G and had emailed us some pictures. As soon as I had seen the proto type he was working with, I knew instantly what I was going to do with the last six digit receiver and DuPage parts kit I had! I told Tim, "Put me down for one!" Tim made the Mini-G for me last year but I have yet to be able to fire it, maybe this summer when I get back on my feet. The other two rifles where also rebuilt by Tim for me, new barrels, (one has a new old stock 1955 SA barrel!) stocks, two stage target trigger jobs, reparked, the works! And they are sweet!!. One I gave to my son in law as a gift for his service, (the one with the 1955 SA barrel). Shawn has been to Afghanistan twice now and may very well be called back again. I have pictures of the Garands at PhotoBucket if you would like to see them. Click Here For Pics---> Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket And More Pics Here---> Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket I don't have any pics of the Mini-G yet, but you can see them here http://shuffsparkerizing.com/Conversion_Tanker_Sniper.php Guy Wilson P.S. I forgot my Nagant M44!! Last edited by Oh Mr. Wilson; 02-20-2009 at 09:29 PM. Reason: I forgot my Nagant M44!!

02-21-2009, 07:33 PM	#77
Robert Seccombe Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 132	Late 1942 rifle posted by ronbo with rev 17 bolt There was an article in the GCA Journal Volume 21 Issue 2 (Spring 2007) by Tony Pucci about late 1942 production rifles with revision 17 bolts. There is a data sheet on s/n 1,009,633 with a S-A 11-42 barrel, the bolt is also a revision 17 heat lot B4A. In the article, another rifle s/n 1015827 was found also with a revision 17 bolt heat lot B4A

02-21-2009, 09:58 PM	#78
ronbo Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SW Pennsylvania Posts: 7	I saw the article by Pucci and sent him an email about mine. I may have also sent some pictures but I don't recall for sure. Never received an acknowledgement from him so I don't know if he ever received the email or not. He requested that anybody with a rifle with a revision 17 bolt email him. Last edited by ronbo; 02-21-2009 at 10:02 PM.

02-22-2009, 03:01 AM	#79
dmazur Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 37	I have a new production (SAI) NM Garand, which has been modified a little. Rear handguard replaced with scout mount, added muzzle brake, McCann adjustable gas cylinder lock screw. Eotech works well to 200 yds, but the iron sights work, too. I may get a "real" Garand from CMP to go with this one, which is a lot of fun to shoot at steel gongs.

02-22-2009, 03:07 AM	#80
Iron_Colonel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington St. Posts: 3,210	Looks very nice. Where abouts you at in the PNW? You in WA? I'm near Lacey/Oly. __________________ Mosin Nagant evangelist on a mission to convert YOU!