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SERIAL NUMBER RANGES FOR SPRINGFIELD ARMORY -MANUFACTURED MILITARY FIREARMS (Including the Trapdoor SPRINGFIELD , the SPRINGFIELD Krag, the SPRINGFIELD M1903, the M1 Garand [by all makers], and the M14, as well as the M1911 automatic pistol. Included, also, are the US Enfield M1917 rifles, the M1911A1 automatic pistol, and Luger pistol M1900 American Eagle Second Issue.) *note: before 1865, SERIAL numbers were not given to National ARMORY weapons. Production at SPRINGFIELD ARMORY shoulder arms began with the Model 1795 flintlock musket. SPRINGFIELD ARMORY was closed by the government in 1968 as a cost-cutting measure.
1945. This seems to be about the time W.R.A. switched from 2.5 million serial numbers to 1.6 million. These are often referred to as WIN-13 rifles. The 2.5 million numbers stopped in the area of 2,535,XXX which places it about 39,000 rifles from the end of production in June 1945. It is believed that approximately 40,000 WIN-13 rifles were ...
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