![]() I love this gun!! Part of history that I am pround to own. Gas Trap configuration on display at OGCA 7-20-2013 ![]() Serial number 197 - thought to be an early gas trap rebuild sold in 2001 at Midwest auction $2700.00 it was missing the stock and trigger housing #96 CAME BACK FROM DENMARK, & I BOUGHT IT ON THE CMP AUCTION. (HIS WIFE'S UNCLE CARRIED IT IN WWII, AND WHEN HE CAME HOME & JOINED THE AMERICAN LEGION, #95 WAS AMONG THE M1'S GIVEN TO THEM, & THEY GAVE IT TO HIM AS THANKS FOR HIS SERVICE IN WWII) HIS WIFE INHERITED IT WHEN HER UNCLE DIED. I BOUGHT #93 & 94 FROM TWIN BROTHERS THAT WORKED AT ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, #95 FROM A MAN IN CALIFORNIA. I AM IN POSSESSION OF SPRINGFIELD #93, 94, 95, & 96. ![]() National museum of the marine corps in virginia Begun by the Reese family in 1974, the name Springfield Armory was registered and the firm began by resurrecting historically significant designs produced by the National Armory such as the M1 Garand, M1911-A1 and a semi-auto only version of the M14 called the M1A. Gun broker auction 9-41 barrel not original Currently on display at Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Springfield, MA. Photo of receiver in bruce canfield COMPLETE GUIDE m1 garand The serial number listed is the last one made in the given month(s).Featured on p.3, GCAJ V 24, I 3 – Model Shop Rifle.1873: 501 Rifles (Including 100 Metcalfe Alterations), 1 Sporting Rifle and 1 Carbine.The addition of the serial number on the top of the receiver forward of the rear sight indicates the serial number behind the rear sight was obscured by an adjustable rear sight. 1872: 8,110 Rifles and 1 Sporting Rifle The new serial number was hand stamped on top of the receiver behind the rear sight, in the vicinity of the prior serial number.1871: 3,090 Cadet Rifles and 1 Sporting Rifle.1871: 2,016 Rifles, four of which were sporting rifles.Model 1866 Trapdoor Rifle (None were given serial numbers).No M1Ds were factory built, they were all built from existing rifles. Without CMP documentation you are taking the seller at his word 4 08-15-2020, 10:06 PM Jakeroub Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Mass Posts: 1,680 The SN range is 1-6,000,000+ and of any manufacturer. These serial numbers are credited to Albert Frasca, PH.D. An M1D could be created from any M1 Rifle, anytime and any where. ![]() All given serial numbers are approximate. Below you will find a compiled list of production numbers for. Before 1865, serial numbers were not given to National Armory Weapons, even though production began at Springfield Armory in 1795 with the Model 1795 Flintlock Musket. Serial numbers begin with the 1873 Trapdoor Rifle. Firearms made at Springfield Armory after 1865 were given unique serial numbers for identification purposes. Below is a list of serial numbers for Trapdoor Rifles noting the year and sometimes month(s) it was produced. ![]()
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