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LOT 324
Scarce and Excellent U.S. Springfield Armory M1 Garand Semi-Automatic Rifle with CMP
“Unissued” Certificate and Box - Serial no. 5350479, 30-06 Springfield cal., 24 inch round bbl., parkerized finish, walnut stock. Receiver from
January 1954 production. Features a winged blade front and T105 rear sight assembly, wide base gas cylinder with “high hump” gas cylinder lock and cross slot lock
screw, and “6528287-SA/A13” marked bolt. Barrel marked “SA” and dated “6 54” under the operating rod with bright chamber. Fitted with a smooth pistol grip stock bearing
a boxed “DoD eagle” inspection cartouche left of the wrist, with a circled serif “P” proof on the underside of the grip. With original arsenal wrapping cloth around the front sight and rear
sight/trigger, with dried arsenal preservative compound on all metal and wood components. Includes a matching Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) letter of authenticity listing the rifle as “M1 Garand SA
Unissued”, dated October 14, 2009, and shipping box.
CONDITION: Excellent plus overall, as issued, retaining 99% plus original parkerized finish with limited spotting, minor handling marks, and extensive original arsenal preservative coating. Mechanically excellent. Late production Springfield Armory M1 Garand rifles sold through the CMP in an “unissued” state are increasingly scarce on the collector market, especially left unaltered with the arsenal preservatives and wrappers left on as with this example! Estimate: 4,500 - 7,000
LOT 325
U.S. Springfield M1D Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle with Scope and Accessories - Serial no. 3870302, 30-06 cal., 24 inch round bbl., parkerized
finish, walnut stock. Built around a standard Springfield M1 receiver made in June of 1945, the defining characteristic is the special barrel, produced with an integral scope
block just ahead of the receiver. Barrels of this type were produced by Springfield from Jan 1952 to Feb 1953, with the conversion itself performed at the Armory and at Army Depots.
Standard sights, with “DRC” marked windage drum. Springfield barrel dated “9-52”, Springfield bolt, trigger housing, safety and operating rod, with a Winchester trigger guard. Smooth stock with a
circled “P” behind the trigger guard and a checkered butt. With a Hart M2 flash hider, lace-on leather cheekpiece marked “MRT/ 10 52” (sans screws), an M84 telescope numbered “18965” on the data plate
with extendable sunscreen and rubber eyepiece, canvas sling, shipping box and a grouping of paperwork from the Civilian Marksmanship Program.
CONDITION: Excellent as arsenal refurbished, with 99% of the parkerized finish remaining, showing a few scattered handling marks and scratches. Stock is fine as reoiled, with minor dings. Optics are very fine, with a small amount of rust on the tube and clear optics. Mechanically excellent.
Estimate: 3,500 - 4,750
LOT 326
Scarce U.S. Irwin-Pedersen M1 Semi-Automatic Carbine - Serial no. 3217285, 30 Carbine cal., 18 inch round
bbl., parkerized/blue finish, walnut stock. Formed in the 1940s by the Irwin family, Michigan
based furniture makers, and arms designer John Pedersen, Irwin-Pedersen produced approximately 150,000 M1 carbines before the Ordnance Department canceled their contract, making the Irwin-Pedersen the most scarce of the M1 Carbines. Features a “3-43” dated Underwood barrel, type I barrel band, “S’G’” blued flat top bolt, “S’G’” milled trigger group, “S’G’” hammer, “SW-IP” sear, “IP” type 2 slide, “PN” blade front sight, flip-up rear peep sight with “S” marked base, and standard markings on the receiver heel. Fitted with a high wood smooth walnut stock with “IP” marked in the stock channel, “I” cut oiler recess, “IP” and “ordnance wheel” cartouches on the right side, and checkered steel buttplate, topped off with a “IR-IP” marked two-rivet handguard. Irwin-Pedersen magazine marked “K-IP.” Includes a web sling and oiler. CONDITION: Very fine as restored back to World War II configuration, retaining 90% parkerized and blue finishes with dried grease, minor pitting on the slide, minor edge wear, limited spotting, and some smooth brown patina on the barrel band. Stock is also very fine as re-oiled, with a repaired chip at the nose of the handguard. Mechanically excellent.
Estimate: 3,500 - 4,750 317