During that time period another 4796 M1Cs were produced and during the war they proved satisfactory with a max range of about 600 yards, with fairly reliable hit percentages from 4-600 yards. That all changed with the start of the Korean war, where the M1Cs were still the standard issue sniper rifle. Over the years several different scopes were used on the M1Cs and Ds but they were all low powered when compared to today’s optics.ĭuring World War II Springfield Armory produced 7971 M1Cs but they did not make it into the hands of US service men until the closing days of the war which prevented them from being battle tested. The scope mounting systems had to mount the scopes off to the left hand side of the rifle and a strap on leather cheekpiece was required to properly align the shooters eye with the scope. M1D scope mounting closeupīecause the M1s were loaded with en-bloc clips from the top of the rifles, the scopes could not be mounted in the desired location directly above the receiver. The only difference between the C and D was the scope mounting system. The M1E8 (renamed M1D) was adopted in September of 1944 as a “Substitute Standard”. In June of 1944 the M1E7 (renamed M1C) was adopted as the standard issue sniper rifle and replaced the M1903A4 making it “Limited Standard”. Work was slow and finally the M1E7 and M1E8 were evaluated and eventually approved for production. This did not mean that the M1 sniper rifle ceased to exist, but instead it moved forward and authorization to produce a sniper version of the M1 was approved. Because the M1 was the standard issue rifle, it was first examined for feasibility as a sniper rifle and two prototypes were approved, but because of the difficulty required to manufacture the specialized versions, they were delayed and the adoption of the M1903A4 happened in 1943 and began to be produced. As World War II broke out for the USA, a large demand for scoped rifles and snipers developed. This refinement and adoption procedure precluded any work being done on a sniper version of the M1 which, as is common between wars, rated very low on the priority list for the M1.
The semi-automatic M1 Garand was adopted as the standard issue battle rifle for the US Armed Forces in 1932 and finally started to enter service in 1936, which then led to constant refinement of the rifle. The more advance T-37 flash suppressor was never "officially" adopted T4 Cheek pad, and M2 flash suppressor were accessories M73B1 2.5x Telescopic site (Weaver 330C) was an alternate Additional Notes: 2.5x power M81/M82, and 2.2x power M84 were all used.Magazine: 8 round internal box magazine.
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