International Harvester’s Post-WWII M1 Garand Rifles

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Posted December 23, 2016 10:00 am by Comments

By Bruce N. Canfield


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<div data-cycle-hash="m1-garand-17" data-cycle-desc='"The story of the International Harvester Garand is yet another example of how America's civilian manufacturers assisted the nation when called upon to make badly needed weaponry."' data-cycle-overlay-template="{{desc}}“>

<div data-cycle-hash="m1-garand-1" data-cycle-desc="One of the reasons International Harvester was chosen to make M1 Garands in 1952 was because its Evansville, Indiana, plant was very far from other arms-makers, meaning a possible nuclear attack from the Soviet Union wouldn't cripple the country's ability to make weapons." data-cycle-overlay-template="{{desc}}“>M1 grand rifle plant

<div data-cycle-hash="m1-garand-10" data-cycle-desc="IHC's M1 Garands used quality barrels made by the Line Material Company in Milwaukee. On this barrel, note the punch mark between the “LMR” marking and the drawing number." data-cycle-overlay-template="{{desc}}“>M1 garand barrel

<div data-cycle-hash="m1-garand-3" data-cycle-desc="The elevation knobs for the aperture rear sights were made by the Drudge Brothers Manufacturing Company for International Harvester." data-cycle-overlay-template="{{desc}}“>M1 garand elevation knobs

<div data-cycle-hash="m1-garand-9" data-cycle-desc="Here you can see IHC's M1 (left) and Harrington & Richardson's (right). Note the different profiles of the stocks just behind the receiver heels between the two rifles." data-cycle-overlay-template="{{desc}}“><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" …Read the Rest

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