M1 Garand National Match

[Troy101]

I thought I'd share pictures of this M1 garand National Match I just picked. It came with paperwork from DCM and an NOS spare National Match barrel. I got this from the son of the orginal owner. He said this thing rarely saw daylight in the last 50 years or so!

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rear sight

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rear

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cartouche

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front

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front sight

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stock

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side

[Death-Ace]

My God, that's just beautiful, good sir! The only thing you need now is a DCM 1911A1 to go alongside it to relive the good days.

Nice Find!
Lev

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sling

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thanks Lev!

[Willi Z.]

Congrats! That is an exceptional piece!

[richardw]

stunning!

[Troy101]

Thanks! I had to sell most of my gun collection last year to fund my new house. Now that I'm rebuilding my collection I seem to be finding better examples than what I had before so it's working out good!

[Johnny Peppers]

That was the variation before they went to the hooded rear sight with the 1/2 minute adjustment. On your sight the windage is 1/2 minute but the elevation is one minute. The hooded rear sight's aperture was off center and could be rotated 180 degrees to obtain 1/2 minute of elevation. Your NM is the 1961 variation, as they went to the hooded rear sight in 1962.

My NM is also the 1961 variation.