Assigned Serial Number Ranges: Beginning Number Ending Number Manufacturer Year Contract Completed 1 to 100,000 Springfield Armory Dec. 1940 100,001 to 165,500 Winchester May 1942 165,501 to 865,500 Springfield Armory Sept.

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1942 865,501 to 1,999,999 Springfield Armory Feb. Parches Windows Vista Para Xp. 1943 1,200,000 to 1,261,260 Winchester Nov. 1942 1,261,261 to 1,357,473 Winchester July 1943 1,357,474 to 1,387,xxx Winchester duplicated approximately 30,000 Springfield s/ns in this range. 1,357,474 to 2,305,849 Springfield Armory Dec.

1943 2,305,850 to 2,655,982 Winchester (Rifles were actually produced to about s/n 2,540,000) Jan. 1944 X2,655,982 to X2,655,148 Rock Island Arsenal Experimental 2,656,149 to 4,100,000 Springfield Armory (Rifles were actually produced to about s/n 3,889,xxx Last actual WW II serial number unknown) Oct. 1945 X4,100,001 to X4,200,000 Possibly planned as a dumping ground for duplicate, mutilated or overrun s/ns. Two IHCs have been found that had two s/ns one below the other. The original s/ns apparently inadvertently duplicated by IHC at the factory.

The duplicate numbers were lined out and the substitute numbers electro-penciled under the original. Field Service Use 4,200,001 to 4,399,999 Springfield Armory 1952 – 1954 4,400,000 to 4,660,000 International Harvester 1953 – 1954 4,660,001 to 4,800,000 Harrington & Richardson 1953 – 1954 4,800,001 to 4,999,999 Not Assigned N/A 5,000,000 to 5,000,500 Springfield Armory (Actual intended use unknown, but ALL documented guns are in this range are generic SAs). Perhaps allocated for Beretta samples or experimentation? 1952 5,000,501 to 5,278,245 International Harvester 1954 – 1956 5,278,246 to 5,488,246 Springfield Armory 1954 – 1955 5,488,247 to 5,793,847 Harrington & Richardson 1954 – 1956 5,793,848 to 6,099,905 Springfield Armory 1955 – 1957 6,034,330 to 6,034,729 Numbers assigned to HRA from the Springfield s/n range for a 400-rifle contract overrun. Fact Sheet #1 THE M1 NATIONAL MATCH RIFLE The M1 rifle was first used in competition shooting in the Marine Corps Pacific Division Match held at Pearl Harbor on February 26­-27, 1946. This was followed by other matches held by the Marines. Most of the early improvements to the accuracy of the M1 were de­veloped from field experience and carried out by Marine armorers on selected weapons.