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Category - Military Rifles - M1 Garand - Military Rifles - US

Category
Military Rifles - M1 Garand
Military Rifles - US

Springfield Armory M1 Garand National Match TYPE 1

Description:
You are looking at a mint 99% M1 Garand Springfield National Match Type 1 Rifle. This Rifle has been in my collection for over 25 years. Has the DCM Raritan Arsenal paper work from 1958. A last production 6 million s/n,  2-1956 NM  barrel TE 2 , muzzle as new.  Has all the original untouched correct parts on the rifle. 
Many of these were eventually converted to Type 2 configurations.,  Very few originals (like this one) remain in factory Type 1 configuration. This rifle is impossible to upgrade! 



Here is some National Match M1 information from Scott Duff’s : “Perhaps the most refined version of the M1 is that known as the National Match (NM) rifle. In March 1953, Springfield Armory was directed by the Ordnance Department to furnish 800 M1 rifles for use at the High Power National Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. These rifles were to be capable of a higher degree of accuracy than standard service grade rifles. These first NM Garands consisted of only a NM marked barrel. The remainder of the rifle consisted of hand-selected components. The rifles were carefully assembled and the trigger pull adjusted by Springfield Armory’s most skilled armorers. National Match conditioned M1 rifles were produced at Springfield Armory through 1963. Most rifles were sold to qualified civilians through the Director of Civilian Marksmanship (DCM) program (now named the CMP). The first National Match rifles were sold to civilians in late 1955, the last in 1973. Two versions of the National Match M1 rifle exist, collectors referred to them as Type 1 and Type 2. The Type 2 is differentiated from the Type 1 by the addition of glass-bedding of the receiver and trigger housing (adopted in 1960)… All National Match M1 rifles feature receivers of Springfield Armory manufacture. The unmodified Type 1 and Type 1 rebuilt to Type 2 are in the 5 and 6 million serial number ranges. The standard rifle rebuilt to Type 2 configuration may be in any SA serial number range. National Match M1 barrels were selected by meeting or exceeding specified air-gage requirements. National Match M1 barrels are usually of Springfield Armory manufacture. 



 

Price: $6,500.00

Curio/Relic: Yes
Rifle Caliber: .30-06 Springfield