22 caliber bullets stacked on top of another in an elongated neck. This particular rifle is a late 1957 production prototype chambered in the. This rare Springfield Armory experimental 22-06 Duplex M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle sold for $31,625 in the April Premier Auction in 2015 at Rock Island Auction Company. One of those experiments was the salvo project, an idea that banked on hyper-velocity, multiple projectile cartridges to improve hit probability. Springfield Armory Experimental 22-06 Duplex M1 Garand Semi-Automatic Rifle: $31,625 (April 2015)Īs alluded to earlier, the M1 Garand rifle was being fiddled with quite a bit behind the scenes in attempts to improve the existing rifle or modify it into something more efficient–either economically or on the battlefield. With such rarity and historical significance, it is no wonder this M1 Garand sold for $28,750 in December of 2012 at Rock Island Auction Company. In 1947, the Army destroyed all remaining M1 Garand gas trap rifles. Only 18,000 were completed, with parts made for another 33,000. This extremely rare early Springfield Armory "Gas Trap" M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle sold for $28,750 at Rock Island Auction Company in December, 2012. Gas traps are well documented elsewhere (most notably in Billy Pile’s The Gas Trap M1 Garand), so I’ll not go into detail here, but these collector firearms are not only extremely early, but also remarkably rare since most rifles using the problematic gas trap systems were later converted to usable gas port versions. This M1 Gas Trap Garand sold for $28,750 in December of 2012 at Rock Island Auction Company. Developed in 1936-38, they were the first attempts by the US Army to produce and field a semi-automatic rifle prior to WWII. Only the earliest of M1 Garands utilize a “gas trap” system instead of the standard gas port drilled into the barrel, and with the low serial number of 2838, this rifle readily qualifies. Early Springfield Armory "Gas Trap" M1 Garand Semi-Automatic Rifle: $28,750 (December 2012) Let’s take a look at the 15 top M1 Garand rifles sold at Rock Island Auction Company to date.Įver wonder what the prices and trends for M1 Garands were in the past? If so, this is the perfect blog for you! Discover the beauty of firearm economics! 15. There are some very special M1 Garand rifles out there and Rock Island Auction Company has had the distinct pleasure of selling many of them, often at prices that induce hyperventilating in the average wallet. We’re not just talking about finding a Winchester-made version versus one produced by Springfield Armory. Military firearms that were sold during the September Premier Firearms Auction in 2020.Įverybody is after an M1 Garand for sale, but some are more desirable than others. RIAC President Kevin Hogan discusses some of the collection defining U.S.
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