With nearly 20 years of active infantry service and accredited by General George S. Patton as “the greatest battle implement ever devised,” the M1 Garand is one of the most notable service rifles in ...

The M1 Garand is one of America’s most recognizable and historically influential service rifles and is chambered for the venerable .30/06 cartridge. The .30/06 is one of our country’s most popular ...

M1 ball ammunition. Soon the word came down that research of .276-cal. ammunition world cease, and those efforts were redirected to assess and cure problems encountered in the .30-cal. Garand.

That design became the basis for what would, eventually, become the M1 rifle—commonly called the “Garand” after its inventor, John Cantius Garand. Garand, who became a Springfield Armory ...

The M1 Garand Was Also Quickly Outdated The timing of Patton's letter to Campbell is also notable as he wrote it in January ...

Patton famously declared the M1 Garand as "the greatest battle implement ever devised." The accolade is well-deserved. This semi-automatic rifle served American troops in the fields of Northern ...

Over the past decade, the government-chartered organization has brought in nearly $200 million in revenue selling surplus M1 Garand rifles, according to a recent Government Accountability Office ...

Few weapons share quite the same notoriety as the M1 Garand—used by the U.S. Military from 1936-1957, which meant it would’ve been involved in just about every conflict that spanned from World ...

The U.S. infantryman by comparison was equipped with the M1 Garand, which in addition to being semi-automatic—offering a higher rate of fire—held eight rounds. As it was fed by en bloc clips ...