The receivers for the new Springfield Armory M1 rifles are engraved, Made in Austrialia. I believe they are investment castings. The barrels are SA barrels made by Springfield Armory,Genesco,IL. The rest of the metal is WW2 and post WW2 from original production runs by SA,Springfield Ma, Winchester, H&R, and other USGI manufacturers. I dont know where the M1A receivers are made.
Springfield Armory still produces M14 clone rifles. They are in semi (full auto is inacurate anyways) and are called M1A1's.
Springfield Armory (the private company) was the last one to manufacture them, although theirs were reproductions, using cast receivers instead of forged receivers. Century Arms International has put some together from parts kits. The quality is about what's to be expected from CAI - sometimes, right on, more often, not. The actual military production Garand rifles were manufactured by (the government owned) Springfield Armory, Winchester, International Harvester, and Harrington & Richardson. After the end of the Second World War, they were also manufactured under licence by Beretta and Breda in Italy.
All U.S. army springfield rifles were chambered in 30-06 caliber.
Springfield armory makes the M-1-A (M-14)style rifle.They can be reached at springfield amory 420 W Main st.Geneseo, Illinois,61254.Phone number is 309-944-5631.Or they are on the web at springfield-amory.com. Fulton Armory also makes high quality M1A rifles.
Harper's Ferry was the second Armory (Springfield was the first). When the south captured it they acquired the machinery and tools to make rifles identical to the Union rifles.
Your serial number indicates that your Springfield model 1903 bolt action rifle was made in the year 1917.It should be noted that the improved heat treatment of these receivers did not occur until serial number 800,000.As such you should keep your loads mild in difference to the milder steel found in these earlier rifles.
It is located on the right side , same side it ejects, below the slide, and in front of the upper grip
There were 4 producers for the US military- Springfield Armory, H&R, Olin Mathieson (Winchester) and TRW. The civilian rifles (clones) are not the same as the true M14, and are made by several companies.
which Springfield? The military arsenal, or the civilian company?
The M1 was designed by John C. Garand at the Springfield Armory. Once the design was finalized, a contract to produce the rifle was awarded to Winchester. After WWII, International Harvester Corporation and Harrington & Richardson produced the M1 until the mid-50's. Some rifles were license-produced in Denmark and Italy. Presently, M1 rifles are made for the civilian market by Springfield Armory, Inc. of Geneseo, IL.
The correct ammunition is 30-06 Springfield.
Their are many websites that have detailed records of what sarial number rifles were built in what month of what year by each manufacturer. These sites are very easy to locate with a simple google search of "M1 garand".