General Specs: Springfield, Year 1943, .30-06, 12lbs. 15oz., LOP 13 1/8"
Serial Number: 1686975
Vintage Firearms Inc is pleased to offer this Springfield M1D Garand Battle rifle. This rifle is serial numbered 1686975 and was manufactured in 1943. It features a Lead dipped heal and 99% Parkerizing on the barrel and receiver. The bore is mirror clean with perfect rifling; the barrel is of 1950 Springfield manufacture- considered to be some of the most accurate barrels. Including the scope and accessories, the gun weighs 12lbs. 15oz and shows straight grain and as such matches the National Match specifications has described in ‘A collectors guide to The M1 Garand and The M1 Carbine’, by Bruce Canfield which stipulates heavy wood and a bedded action be used in National Match production. The trigger is exceptional, there is the initial two stage take up then a crisp break at 5.5lbs with no over travel. This is a rifle that has been built to shoot accurately! The rifle has a leather cheekpiece and correct M84 scope with original scope mounts. Accessories include a leather sling marked MRT plus a period correct canvas alternative. Almost 13lbs. of All American industrial might and “The Greatest Battle implement ever devised”. Thanks for looking!
BARRELS
Barrel Length: 24"
Bores: mirror
% Blue: 99% parkerized
Sights: front post, rear peep, M84 Scope
ACTION
Action: semi-auto
Receiver Condition: 99% parkerized
Screws: excellent
Trigger Type: single, crisp
Trigger Guard Color: 98% parkerized
STOCK
Type: military
LOP: 13 1/8"
LOP To End Of Wood: 12 3/4"
Butt Treatment: metal with trap
INQUIRIES
There is a 30 day mechanical warranty on long guns. If it is a "VFI Certified" gun there is a 90 day mechanical warranty. Call or email us for more details, extra images and questions. Thanks! Vintage Firearms Inc.
Other
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We employ full time gunsmiths on premises and can perform alterations to suit your needs within a few weeks of purchase. Common requests are: -stock bending to suit your particular requirements -addition of any specified butt pad to increase length of pull -alteration of chokes to suit your shooting preferences -lengthening of chambers and forcing cones -darkening stock color with penetrating stains -restoring any part of the gun including rust blue, charcoal blue, bone and charcoal case color, wood restoration and checkering recuts. If you like one our guns but it needs "tweaked", let us know and we can quote you a time and price. Some enthusiasts like the guns "as found" and others want them "just so". We often list guns as found and let the particular buyer choose how they want their gun to fit or look.
