after June '50, they went back into production, turning out another 1/2 million + rifles until production ended in May 57. Until the Korean War started SA rebuilt about 1/2 million rifles. i dont have the numbers in front of me to be certain. between SA and WRA they built a few over 4 million rifles. they later built somewhere around 510,000 rifles. Winchester Repeating Arms was given a contract to produce 500 rifles under an educational contract. the USMC didnt accept it as general issue until after WWII started. 30 M1 in 1937 when it was first accepted by the Army. Springfield Armory began building Rifle caliber. match rifles were built into the mid-60s. Harrington Richardson Arms, International Harvester Corporation and SOME Springfield Armory (the US arsenal NOT the commercial concern in Ill) built M1 garands as late as 1957. They may have been manufactured then but may have not neccesarily seen service then(WWII) In other components of the armed forces, such as the Army Reserve, Army National Guard and the Navy, Garands continued to serve into the 1970s or longer.Īll Garands are from WWII and the chance of a Garand from CMP being original in last 20+ years is little to null. Some Garands were still being used in the Vietnam War in 1963 despite the M14's official adoption in 1957, it was not until 1965 the changeover from the M1 Garand was completed in the active-duty component of the Army (with the exception of the sniper variants, which were introduced in World War II and saw action in Korea and Vietnam). Surplus M1 rifles also armed many nations allied to the USA postwar, including West Germany, Italy and Japan. The M1 proved an excellent rifle throughout its service in World War II and the Korean War. Beretta also produced Garands using Winchester tooling. A final, very small lot of M1s was produced by Springfield Armory in early 1957, using finished components already on hand. During 1953-56, M1s were produced by International Harvester and Harrington & Richardson. forces were still engaged in the Korean War, the Department of Defense determined a need for additional production of the Garand, and two new contracts were awarded. Much of the M1 inventory in the post-World War II period underwent arsenal repair or rebuilding. All Garands are from WWII and the chance of a Garand from CMP being original in last 20+ years is little to null.
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