Let's See Those M1 Battle Rifles

[musketjon]

Top to bottom:
Sept '42 SA 800k s/n

May '45 SA 3.7M s/n My "one per life time" from the DCM

Early '53 IHC 4.45M s/n

Mid '55 HRA 5.62M s/n

Hope you like 'em. The M1 is my absolute favorite, bar none.

Jon

 

[BR8818]

Wish I had one to show. Nice collection though!

 

[Miller Tyme]

Top down,

Replica USMC MC-1
M1C
M1D
& it's Italian cousin the Breda M1D

 

[BigMoose]

I protest, This thread should have started with an IHC M1 rifle made in Evansville IN

 

[TheJoker]

 

[jwamplerusa]

Just one. Commercial refurb. Ultimak upper hand guard scout scope mount.

 

[tomcat13]

Inherited from Dad.
Only things I'm sure of: New Barrel & New furniture.
Shoots Great & the Pride of my "Collection"
RIP & Eternal Thanks for SO Much More than just this Classic-SSGT RMM

 

[Mongo59]

This is the Winchester with new furniture I sold here on INGO a while back. Most of the parts were Winchester. You can tell Winchester parts from across the room as they look like they were hewn with an ax. Such a good gun manufacturer and such poor attention to detail. Don't get me wrong they have great tolerances and shoot great but there are so many milling marks on them they look like they were drug across concrete on the inside.


This is what I mean, it doesn't affect function but if you compare the visual of this to say an H&R it is like night and day.

 

[Mongo59]

This one is a survivor. An IHC made in Evansville that somehow made it all the way through the Korean conflict and came back with ALL original parts still attached. She is no prom queen but she is to me. I had to do some serious trading to get this one. My dad worked at the IHC plant in Evansville before going into the army. He trained on a mortar crew right out of basic and just before they shipped out to Korea he was chosen to go on embassy duty in Tokyo (6'2", blond hair with blue eyes). He spent two tours in Japan and then went back to work at IHC after coming back state side and while in college. This one was made about the same time he graduated college and married my mom.

Even the barrel is correct...

 

[DragonGunner]

Shipshawana gun show years ago, got this Nov. 1942 Inland in great shape for around $200 !

 

[DragonGunner]

CMP Nov. 1942 SA

 

[Sgt7330]

CMP Special grade ‘43 Springfield from a few years ago.

 

[92FSTech]

Ours are all CMP rifles.

My '41 SA Service Grade and '43 SA Special Rack Grade.



My son also has a '45 SA Rack Grade. He decided that since they have stacking swivels, we needed to use them. Every family needs a gun teepee!

 

[knutty]

Forgive the other rifles, only pics I have. All from CMP.

 

[spencer rifle]

Mine is 1942 receiver and a .308 conversion - does that count?

 

[Creedmoor]

Mine is 1942 receiver and a .308 conversion - does that count?
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No

 

[92FSTech]

Forgive the other rifles

Don't apologize for an 03A3! I love mine, and it's actually a tossup between whether I like shooting my Garand more or the '03. It's so light and handy, has great sights,and is very accurate even with a 2-groove barrel.

I own Enfields, and have shot most of the other primary service rifles fielded by major combatants in WW2. While the Garand clearly outclasses all of them due to rate of fire alone, if I had to have a bolt-action I'd still pick the 03A3 over anybody else's stuff. America made a darn fine rifle in the '40s.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

America made a darn fine rifle in the '40s.

*cough* They stole Mauser's design with the 03 and 03A3. *cough*

 

[92FSTech]

*cough* They stole Mauser's design with the 03 and 03A3. *cough*

Yes they did. And made it better!

 

[Winamac]

*cough* They stole Mauser's design with the 03 and 03A3. *cough*

You are correct sir, and what many do not realize is that the US Govt had to pay patent infringement fines to Mauser because we plagiarized on the Mauser action for the 03. These payments of course stopped when we entered in WWI. Learned this years ago from the History channel. Very interesting.