When was it that the historic M1 Garand rifles that are for sale made?”
Canadian Firearms designer John C. Garand, working at the Army’s Springfield Armory, began with a .30 caliber primer-operated breech. Twenty-four rifles, identified as “M1922”, were built at Springfield in summer 1924, and at Fort Benning during the summer of 1925 they were tested against the Thompson autoloading rifle, Berthier, Hatcher-Bang, and “highly promising delayed blowback Pedersen rifle”.[6] This led to a further trial of the improved “M1924” Garand against the Thompson, ultimately producing an inconclusive report.[6] Therefore, the Ordnance Board ordered a Garand variant .30-06, while in March 1927 the Cavalry Board reported trials between the Thompson, Garand, and ’03 Springfield had not led to a clear winner, leading to a gas-operated .276 model.[6][nb 1] During the spring of 1928, both Infantry and Cavalry Boards ran trials with the .276 Pedersen T1 rifle, giving it high praise (despite its use of waxed ammunition).[8] On 13 August 1928, a Semiautomatic Rifle Board carrie
