The historical significance of the M1 Garand can't be overstated. It was the first semi-automatic military rifle to be employed as a standard shoulder weapon, a point that was quite notable at the ...

The M1 Carbine As We Know It. Prototypes for this new carbine were tested by the Ordnance Department in 1941, and they included submissions from Springfield Armory (designed by John C. Garand ...

Like the M1 Garand, the M1 Carbine is one of the United States’ most significant historical firearms. For using what we would consider today an effectively useless cartridge, the miniature M1 racked ...

And so the M1 Garand rifle, it's at the core of the CMP in terms of what we do for sales and bringing in monies to support our programs," said Steve Cooper, training, ...

John Garand (above, second from right) was present for a ceremony at Springfield Armory on May 17, 1957, commemorating the last M1 rifle to come off the assembly line, Serial No. 6084405.

Though it’s been sixty-five years since the M1 Garand ceased to be the standard-issue infantry rifle of the U.S. Army (replaced thusly by the M14), her legacy and popularity still live on to ...