Garand serial #

jonk

December 31, 2002 20:49

I bought a CMP Danish issue with a Springfield reciever awhile back. Serial is 413xxx. Am I correct in believing this is a prewar reciever? Thanks.

jon

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  Xracer

  January 01, 2003 05:12

  The serial # indicates the your receiver was made at the Springfield Armory in December, 1941....so pre-war or wartime depends on whether it was made before or after the 8th of December.
  
  http://www.fulton-armory.com/tea/m1serial.htm

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  SG&A , INC.

  January 01, 2003 06:37

  Xracer thanks for that link showing all the ser.#'s.
  
  STAY SAFE

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  non mortuus

  October 05, 2008 09:18

  So is it possiable to find a DOM for Post-World War II garands?

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  asop

  October 05, 2008 10:43

  Grips try "gunpartscorp" Garand info try "odcmp", "thegca.org" or "armscollectors".

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  Emmett Dunham

  October 05, 2008 14:10

  Springfield Armory historical web site has a listing of dates of manugacture.
  
  
  Emmett

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  jimthompson502002

  October 05, 2008 22:37

  Dates of manufacture for postwar Garands, especially from
  IHC, who was basically not very well organized, are around,
  but they are not particularly reliable, since there was no
  pressure to keep the same kinds of records. This is explained
  in all the major works on the rifle. Indeed, I have seen
  all original, untampered with, untouched rifles whose barrels
  bore considerably later dates than what is show in the books.
  One also has to remember, those are ONLY contract delivery dates,
  and apply ONLY to receivers, the exceptions and footnote are probably MUCH more vital than the dates themselves. And moreover,
  a lot of this date-chasing is ridiculous poppycock, anyway; and
  this is particularly so with postwar rifles, made to higher
  specifications, but not with the same urgency.

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