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LOT 329
Excellent U.S. Springfield Armory Type 1 National
Match M1 Garand Semi-Automatic Rifle - Serial no.
6086313, 30-06 Springfield cal., 24 inch round bbl., parkerized finish, walnut
stock. Receiver manufactured in 1957, the last year of M1 rifle serial production at the U.S. Springfield Armory,
and subsequently built up by the armory to 1953-1957 pattern “Type 1” National Match specifications. These rifles,
unlike the standard production rifles used in match shooting prior, were specifically built by the armory for competitive use in the
National Matches at Camp Perry from 1953 to 1957 using serviceable receivers the armory had in stock at the time, and were later offered for sale to
qualified members of the public through the Director of Civilian Marksmanship (DCM). While made to a more exacting standard than the rifles used prior, the Type 1 National Match
rifles built from 1953 to 1957 lacked many of the features found on the later 1959 Type 1 and 1960s Type 2 variants, with only a “NM” marked barrel, standard sights/small parts, and no bedding work
to the stock. Reference pages 546-550 of Bruce Canfield’s “The M1 Garand Rifle” for more details on the 1953 to 1957 Type 1 National Match M1 rifles. Features a standard wing blade front sight and T105
adjustable peep rear sight assembly, unmarked post-war wide base gas cylinder, “6528287-SA/Y01” marked bolt, along with a “6535382 SA” operating rod. The “SA” barrel is marked “NM (star)” on the left, dated
“4 56”, marked with “T” and “P” under the operating rod, and has a bright chamber ring. The trigger housing is marked “6528290-SA,” with a “SA D5546008” hammer, “SA11” safety, and unmarked stamped trigger
guard. Fitted with a smooth oiled walnut stock with “DoD eagle” cartouche on the left and circled serif “P” firing proof on the grip. With partial serial numbers “6313” correctly written on the interior of the trigger
housing floor plate and stock operating rod channel in white grease pencil. Includes a “T.S. CO.” marked reproduction M1907 brown leather and steel hooked sling.
CONDITION: Excellent, retaining 95% plus original parkerized finish with moderate light cycling wear, and a few minor handling marks. The stock is exceptionally fine with a few light handling marks and crisp
stamps. Mechanically excellent.
Estimate: 2,750 - 4,250
LOT 328
Scarce World War II U.S.
Marked Stevens Model 620A Slide
Action Riot Shotgun - Serial no. 16813, 12 gauge, 20 inch round bbl., blue finish, walnut stock.
Manufactured c. 1940-1945. According to Bruce Canfield’s “United States Combat Shotguns” (1992) page 110, “The
M620 was eventually supplanted by the Model 620A [1940] which differed chiefly in having the receiver tang enclosed by the stock.
To confuse the issue, most of the later guns were marked ‘Model 620’... A much smaller quantity of Model 620As as compared to the Model 520-30 was acquired
during World War II. Available records indicate that just over 12,000 Model 620A shotguns of all types were purchased during the war. Serial numbers have been observed in two ranges... The second
group... was numbered from just under #17000 to around #33000.” Single brass bead front sight, 2 3/4” chambered and standard three line Stevens/Savage address on the left side of the barrel. The left side of the
breech and lower left front of the receiver are marked with “P/flaming ordnance bomb”, with “MODEL 620” and “U.S.” on the left of the receiver. This war time production riot shotgun features a checkered slide handle and
pistol grip stock with a Stevens black plastic checkered buttplate. A hard to find World War Two shotgun that would make a great addition to any U.S. Military collection!
CONDITION: Excellent, retaining 90% plus original blue finish, with some light wear on the magazine tube, areas of brown patina, and sharp markings. Buttstock is very fine with some light handling marks, scuffing, and crisp grip
checkering. The forend is fine with scattered dents on left side. Mechanically excellent.
Estimate: 5,500 - 8,500
LOT 327
Desirable Post-War
Production U.S. Springfield Armory M1C Garand Semi-Automatic Sniper
Rifle with M84 Scope and Dave McClain Letter - Serial no. 3641855, 30-06 Springfield cal., 24 inch round bbl.,
parkerized finish, birch stock. Receiver manufactured in March 1945 and subsequently upgraded to M1C sniper configuration by Griffin &
Howe as a part of the World War II contract between the civilian firm and the U.S. Springfield Armory. Adopted in July 1944, the M1C Garand rifle
was the U.S. military’s first standard issued semi-automatic sniper rifle, with an initial order total of 21,158 placed, though only 7,971 M1C rifles were completed by
the end of World War II. Various manufacturing and accuracy issues, along with a shortage of telescopes, delayed delivery of the first rifles until the closing days of the Pacific
Theater Campaign in mid 1945, with the M1C replacing the M1903A4 as the official U.S. sniper rifle from the end of World War II, through the Korean War, and into the Vietnam War.
An additional 4,796 M1C rifles were built up by the U.S. Springfield Armory c. 1951-1953, utilizing a left over stockpile of approximately 19,000 M1C receivers (pre-drilled with five screw holes on the
left side by Griffin and Howe) kept in storage since the end of production in 1945, with this example likely being from this later production block. The leftover M1C receivers were subsequently utilized
by the U.S. Springfield Armory for standard rifle production (with the five screw holes plugged). The M1C was superseded by the later M1D variant, developed in late 1944 by John C. Garand as an
improvement over the former with 21,380 manufactured c. 1951-1953, making the M1C the more scarce of the two M1 Garand sniper rifle versions, especially with the destruction of several hundred
receivers by U.S. Ordnance in the 1980 and 1990s. Features winged blade front sight and T015 adjustable peep rear sight assembly, unmarked Springfield Armory pattern wide-base gas cylinder with post-war ‘high-hump’ lock and
cross-slot screw, stamped lower band with rolled retaining pin, “S-A-1-52” barrel with bright chamber ring, “D28287-12SA/S-06<>” bolt, relief-cut “D35382 9 SA” flat-side operating rod, and “D28290-12-SA” trigger housing with “C
46008-5 SA” hammer, “SA-11”safety, and unmarked stamped trigger guard. Matching serial number “3641855” stamped on the underside of the scope mounting bracket. Fitted with
a set of replacement oiled birch handguards and a replacement birch stock marked with a small “P” on the grip. Topped off with a M84 telescope (serial number “37350”) on a Griffin
& Howe throw-level mount numbered to another rifle (“3714958”). Includes a Hart Mfg. Co. detachable M2 conical flash hider and a “K/LINE” marked leather cheek riser/rest, and a
November 24, 2008, dated letter from noted M1C expert Dave McClain confirming the rifle’s receiver as being an authentic M1C.
CONDITION: Very fine as arsenal completed and assembled to M1C sniper configuration in the post-World War II period, retaining 98% arsenal parkerized finish with some minor
edge wear, some minor handling marks under the finish, some minor patches of spotting, and some minor handling wear. The replacement stock is fine an sanded and re-oiled with
numerous scattered minor handling marks. Mechanically excellent. The scope is exceptionally fine with clear optics.
Estimate: 4,500 - 6,500