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M1 Garand: Harrington & Richardson was assigned serial number ranges 4660001 through 4800000, 5488247 through 5793847, and 400 rifles numbered from 6034330 through 6034729. The major components, such as the barrel, bolt, hammer, operating rod, safety, and trigger housing were stamped with a numeric drawing number and the manufacturer's initials.
The M1 Garand or M1 rifle [nb 1] is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War.. The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand.
A gun serial number is a unique identifier assigned to a singular firearm. [A] There is no international uniformity in gun serial numbers. Besides a widespread numerical base, they may contain letters and other typographical symbols, or may consist entirely of a character string; positioning and form of such identifiers is idiosyncratic. [1] [3]
The United States also received a small number of FAL Heavy Barrel Rifles (HBAR) (either 50.41 or pre-50.41) for testing, under the designation T48E1, though none of these rifles were adopted by US. The T48/FAL competed head to head against the T44 rifle, basically a product-improved M1 Garand with detachable magazine and select-fire capability ...
Lots were made in blocks of 10; the first number before the slash was the sub-lot (1-10) and the number before the slash was the number of lots (1/9 is the 9th sub-lot of Lot 1). 04 VEB Mechanische Werkstätten Königswartha ("Mechanical Workshops" at Königswartha) – Königswartha, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany. An ammunition factory that ...
Garand carbine: John Garand.30 carbine United States: no 1941 Grad AR: State Factories-North Ossetia 6×49mm 5.45×39mm South Ossetia: 2010 Grossfuss Sturmgewehr: 7.92×33mm Kurz Germany: no 1944 G11: Heckler & Koch: 4.73×33mm West Germany: K1: 1987-1989 (prototypes only) K2: 1990 (pre-production prototypes only) G36: Heckler & Koch: 5.56× ...
M1 Garand: Springfield Armory Winchester Repeating Arms Company H&R Firearms International Harvester Springfield Armory, Inc..30-06 Springfield 7.62×51mm NATO.308 Winchester United States: 1928 M1819 Hall rifle: John Hancock Hall .525 in lead ball (original) Paper w/.69 Ball (conversion) United States: 1811 M1841 Mississippi rifle: Harpers ...
The M1941 Johnson light machine gun was designed by a Boston lawyer and captain in the Marine Corps Reserve named Melvin Johnson Jr. His goal was to build a semi-automatic rifle that would outperform the M1 Garand the US Army had adopted. By late 1937, he had designed, built, and successfully tested both a semi-automatic rifle and a prototype ...