SOLD - Rare Springfield M1C Garand Sniper Rifle (3310029 - 26490)

Description

12/13/23 - This is a very rare and desirable Springfield M1C Garand Sniper rifle from 1944. This rifle is consecutively numbered to another M1C listed concurrently on the site, so check out that sister listing if you are interested in both! It comes with the CMP paperwork verifying they are both originally M1C productions. While phased out of production in favor of the M1D, which could be produced in-house by Springfield using finished and surplus M1 rifles, the M1C saw sniper duty through Korea and into Vietnam. There were fewer than 8,000 M1Cs completed for WW2, and a total receiver production of less than 13,000, so a consecutive set is very hard to find. Both rifles feature original M84 scopes with numbered but mismatched mounts. Developed in 1944, the M1C was the first production-level sniper variant of the M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle. While highly effective as a sniper weapon, the manufacturing process was rather involved, requiring a Springfield receiver to be selected off the production line before heat treating, shipped to Griffin & Howe for base installation, and then returned to the Armory to complete the process. Serial 3310029 features a wartime stock with Raritan arsenal proof on it. It has a 1954 SA barrel with strong rifling but some frost, and the bore is in need of a cleaning. The M84 scope has clear optics, again with just a few flecks of debris in the edges of the view field.