1940 M1 Garand at 420 yards

1940(Pre-WWII) M1 Garand at 420 yards

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• Mag30th
• M1
• Garand
• shooting
• target
• benchrest
• Springfield
• 30.06

[dirtbikedude100]

how do you know what year a m1 garand is

[mag30th]

If you Google"Garand manufacture date serial number" there are several links that will help you identify the year of manufacture.

Or you can PM me with the serial No. and the manufacturer and Ill let you know.

[assassin616]

the war started in 1939, America joined in 1941 after the attack on pearl harbour on december 7.

[mag30th]

Thanks, I'm quite aware of that.

When collecting M1 Garand's, Garand's manufactured prior to December 1941, (before the attack on Pearl Harbor) were considered "Pre" WWII Garand's...

[RATMRocks86]

Are all the parts matching? If so, I hate you :) My M1 has a '44 dated receiver, but the guy who sold it to me kept the original barrel and replaced it with a Dutch one. I got it for $450, so I wasn't complaining.

[mag30th]

Thanks! Everything but the barrel (1951) and the main stock body, everything else is matching.

[Caterpillarjon]

The Greatest Battle Implement ever devised!

[dirkofyork]

accurate for a semi auto

[psp200]

That looks like "a place to shoot"! My new favorite range.

[harveydog2006]

love the sound of the m1

[NormanMatchem]

@Caterpillarjon He wasn't lying! Step back into 1936 for a second... EVERYONE else is using bolt actions, mostly 5-6 round magazines, sometimes without an easily operated safety and needs a tool to disassemble/clean. Then here comes Canadian John C Garand who ends up with a design that's easily taken apart without tools, has an easily operated safety in front of the trigger guard, very accurate, robust, reliable, and semi auto! A bit heavy, but modern as hell for the time! :)

[NormanMatchem]

@RATMRocks86 On the plus side, I hear the dutch barrels are very accurate. Aren't they called "VAR barrels" or something like that? I have a replaced barrel on my 1941 M1 rifle as well, but it's same manufacture (springfield armory), and exactly 2 years older (12 43), still all WWII era so I'm happy with it. From what I can tell, the whole rifle is SA except the trigger group which is W.R.A, however the safety and hammer are SA so I don't know why this one part is W.R.A lol Mine was $800.

[barccy]

@Airsoftsniperkid You mean the Enfield P14 and M1917. The M1903 was an American copy of the German Mauser. The M1917 was a .30-06 adaptation of the UK's .303 P14 that was in turn the Brit. copy of the mauser.

[DrakrSlyr]

@Airsoftsniperkid I thought we made the Springfield '03 because of the

German Mauser.

[koiseycoy]

That's a nice piece.

[foist101]

Technically not pre WWII but I get what you mean by that. Nice rifle matey.

[disturbedone5009]

You mean it was because the English we were almost fucked in WW1. We were too busy building their rifles for them to build our own. The M1917 is a modified Enfield because it would have taken too long to switch the tooling from Lee Enfield to Springfield.

[Airsoftsniperkid]

Yeah, but lets give props to the English for the Springfield. I'm sure everyone knows very well that if it weren't for the Lee Enfield we would have been FUCKED in the first Great War and we wouldn't have the Springfield rifle.