Springfield M1 Garand

skipjackone

I received a Springfield M1 Garand from an old friend at Christmas. The weapon appears to be about 90%. The bore is good and everything appears to function properly. There is no cleaning kit. The serial number is 22096XX, (Dec. 1943). Can you tell me the approximate value of this fine old workhorse?

jhimco

Need more info. Like any matching parts? How about a picture?

Laredo Lefty

Springfield is the most common of the Garands. Condition is very important in determining value.

They almost never come with cleaning kits in the stock. As mentioned, pictures would help.

Emmett Dunham

Real nice shooter 695.00, if it is good condition matching parts and stock, 950.00.

Emmett

mcaso

Matching Parts? I was once told that M1s don't have matching parts because all the same parts have the same number. All triggers on all M1s have the same number, all sights on all M1 have the same number, etc. No, Yes?

32 Magnum

NO. There's an entire collectible industry built upon the variations in parts configurations, heat and drawing numbers, subcontractor markings, dates of production, manufacturer, changes to specs, etc. There are dozens of books written about these variations and there are several organizations that arose to discuss and compare the known variations and changes.

carolinashooter

Value can range fron 450.00 to a rough condition but shootable rifle to several thousand dollars for WW11 in original, unaltered, condition. Detailed pics would help but you will need pics of a lot of the internals also. For example, follower rod, is it a short fork or a long fork? Is he op rod modified? Lock bar rear sight or replacement? Narrow or wide sight base gas cylinder? As you can see there are a lot of possibilities. The numbers will not match in the sense that most think. Most of the numbers you see are drawing numbers. Within a certain serial number range they will be the same and then change again depending on the part. Best bet is to get someone you can trust and knows Garands to check it out.

givette

All [hammers, for instance] will have the same drawing number. All op-rods, the same number. Trigger housings, etc. the same drawing number.

It's the revision number that is usually separated from the part number by a "dash" that purists will seek. For instance..

Let's say you have a receiver dated mid 1944, you may choose to have a trigger housing that has the revision corresponding to the date on the receiver, as in "revision fifteen trigger housings were placed on mid '44 garands". "Revision eleven op-rods were placed on mid '44 Garands...etc. That's the strict historical collectors aim in re-constructing a period correct Garand. It has nothing to do with functionality. Hope I helped. Joe

mcaso

Thank you all.
mcaso