My new M1

[3beansalad]

Gorgeous piece of history. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[paddywagon]

Make sure you learn the ways of the Garand! M1 thumb will not be your friend! Google it if you don't know about it and you will see! They are still one my favorites after many years. Hard to beat one!

[Aloha_Shooter]

Very nice. The post-Korean War Springfields are very nice shooters. I love my Garands.

[Lars]

I wish I had more info on this rifle. I would really like to learn more about the M1, like I said, I've always been a bolt gun guy. I know that the seriel on the action does not match the one on the stock. I'm going to try to spend some time with this rifle this summer, so I may need to hit up one of you guys to learn me up a little. Between the kid at home and the work schedule it's tough to get out, and range time this summer has to be spent building loads and getting the rifles ready for my Alaska hunt this fall. But I can always make time to learn a new rifle. Any tricks or tips I'm all ears.

[rondog]

Shouldn't be a matching serial number on the stock. If there's a number on the stock it has some other meaning.

[Blockhead]

Shouldn't be a matching serial number on the stock. If there's a number on the stock it has some other meaning.

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M1 Garands (and 20th century US military arms) were not produced having matching serial numbers on anything. If you post the markings you see folks here can give you an idea of what they are. Many of the markings might not have markings at all. The bbl should be marked on the right side in between the rear handguard and the buttstock (only visible when you have the op rod locked back).

[BlasterBob]

The date on the bbl might match the birth date of the receiver according to the serial number - if it is still the original bbl.

[wctriumph]

You want to know about M1's, join the Garand Collectors Association. I did and man, anything you want to know you can find out through them. Plus, they are an affiliate of the CMP and you can buy surplus .30-06 to shoot at somewhat reasonable prices. I bought my M1 some 30+ years ago for $185. The stock was terrible looking and mismatched and I tried to refinish it. It was a beech stock with mismatched walnut hand guards and I never liked the way it looked. Several years ago I bought a CMP walnut stock set for it and now she look great. Not a collector, 1942 SA receiver, I don't know the barrel date but it shoots brilliantly. I took it out the NCPUSU and let some of the younger guys shoot it, they thought it was cool and were surprised by the accuracy. Pissed off Jim a little as it put some holes in his steel at 264 yards out.

If you are ever up north on a Sunday or Monday, I'll shoot with you.

[firefighter238]

Jealous! A Garand is on my bucket list!