Garand's original design for the M1 used a complicated gas system involving a special muzzle extension gas trap, later dropped in mid-1940 in favor of a simpler drilled gas port.

Nov 21, 2025 · The Garand was the first semiautomatic military rifle used as a standard combat shoulder weapon. It was the basic U.S. infantry weapon in both World War II and the Korean War.

Each M1 Garand rifle sold by CMP is an authentic U.S. Government rifle that has been inspected, headspaced, repaired if necessary and test fired for function. Each rifle is shipped with safety …

Although the M1 Garand was officially obsolete from that time forward, it remained in service around the world through the Viet Nam era. It was and is truly an amazing rifle, and its inventor John C. Garand …

Oct 10, 2023 · The M1 Garand was the brainchild of French-Canadian-born John C. Garand. Moving to the U.S. at nine years old during World War I, he was encapsulated by firearms at a young age—a …

1 day ago · Had the M1 Garand been designed for a detachable box magazine, conversion to a sniper model would have been measurably simplified. That the base rifle and its eight-shot top-loading clip …

May 29, 2025 · CMP has been reviving old government M1 rifles for decades, but it crossed the river into new-production Garands this month, with a promise for more variants down the road. The minty …

Apr 30, 2025 · Explore the full history of the M1 Garand rifle—design, WWII use, surplus imports, and why it remains iconic among collectors today.

Aug 17, 2021 · The M1 Garand, generally chambered in .30-06 Springfield, was the first semi-auto issued to American fighting men when our enemies and allies were still carrying bolt-action rifles little …

John Garand was a civil service employee. As the chief civilian engineer at the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts, he invented a semiautomatic .30-caliber rifle known as the M1 or the "Garand."