![]() Perhaps the new owner could initiate an FOIA that might shed further light on its history. ![]() It is assumed that Garde is supposed to be Garden, which represents potential service in Police Departments in a number of cities bearing the Garden City name in states such as CO, GA, KS, ID, MI, and NJ. The receiver nose and barrel have been prick punched to indicate barrel replacement, probably during the arsenal rebuild. The buttstock, pistol grip, and horizontal foregrip all have various dings from use, as does the receiver. It is also marked US Property on the rear top of the receiver. Ordnance Rebuild Program at the August Arsenal in Georgia at some point in its life, as evidenced by the AAF mark on the buttstock, which also shows some signs of repair.Īugust Arsenal used a marking of AA followed by another initial to indicate who supervised the rebuild, so the AAF marking should not be mistaken to stand for Army Air Forces. ![]() This weapon features the unprotected, early style Lyman L sight, has the later buttstock with a reinforcing crossbolt, and pin-style fire control levers. Such an inspector stamp is the easiest way to quickly identify an Auto-Ordnance Bridgeport manufactured M1M1A1, since Savage M1s were not marked with S prefixes like the earlier M1928A1 models, and are extremely similar to the M1s manufactured by Auto-Ordnance in Bridgeport, CT.
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