Welcome to right now’s Photograph of the Day! Right here we now have the primary occasion of an M1 Garand rifle being fitted for sniper obligation. That is the M1C and it’s the precursor to the M1D which I’ve already talked about in a earlier Photograph of the Day. Developed in 1944, these rifles had been to switch the M1903 rifles that had been within the sniper rifle position. These rifles had been chosen for his or her accuracy and fitted with a Griffin & Howe scope mount that was mounted with three screws on the lefthand aspect of the receiver. Later the M1D would change the M1C with its barrel-mounted mount.
“This mannequin was developed in 1944 and was the usual difficulty sniper rifle throughout late WWII, Korea and into Vietnam. It was ultimately changed by the M1D sniper rifle model which may very well be produced in-house by Springfield utilizing a newly manufactured alternative sniper barrel fitted with a scope mounting block instantly on the barrel. It’s estimated that roughly 4,000 had been produced throughout WWII with lots of supplied to varied NATO allies within the late Nineteen Fifties/early Nineteen Sixties and lots of destroyed by the U.S. Authorities within the 1980/90s. This rifle was initially manufactured in late January 1945. It was overhauled/rebuilt in some unspecified time in the future, and it’s now fitted with a Springfield Armory barrel marked “1-SA-3-45″. It’s fitted with a set of WWII Springfield Armory manufactured elements, as follows: Bolt,” -19SA”, Hammer “-8 SA”, Set off Housing, “-18-SA”, uncut Op Rod, “D35382-9SA”. It’s fitted with an earlier WWII kind locking bar rear sights with a post-WWII huge base fuel cylinder and an unmarked spherical high fuel cylinder lock and four-slot fuel plug. It has an identical scope base, fitted with three screws and two taper pins that’s numbered “3495473” on the underside. The rifle comes with an unique blue, WWII Griffin & Howe scope mount numbered “3512408”; it seems the final two digits have been over stamped. The mount is fitted with a late WWII M82 sniper scope, marked on the left aspect: “TELESCOPE M82/SERIAL NO. 40743/STOCK NO. F001-0084688”. It has the usual “Submit” crosshair reticle and an unique rubber eyecup. It’s fitted with walnut handguard set and a walnut buttstock. The inventory is fitted with a really good unique WWII “Okay-Line” stamped leather-based cheekpad. The inventory is stamped on the left aspect with boxed “SA/NFR” cartouche and a circled “P” proof within the grip space. It comes with a inexperienced net sling and the early milled, “SA M2″ Flash Hider. It has a lightweight grey parkerized metallic end.”
Lot 458: U.S. Springfield Armory M1C Semi-Computerized Sniper Rifle – Fascinating World Conflict Ii U.S. Springfield Armory M1C Semi-Computerized Sniper Rifle with M82 Telescopic Sight and Matching Numbered Bracket. (n.d.). Rock Island Public sale Firm. {photograph}. Retrieved November 15, 2022, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/element/82/458/us-springfield-armory-m1c-semiautomatic-sniper-rifle.
