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We need to know if it is a Garand or carbine. A carbine is loaded from the bottom and a Garand is loaded from the top.If your rifle is a Springfield M-1 Garand rifle,then the serial number indicates that it was manufactured in the year 1942.
December 1942
I have an ammeter with the inscription "Eldredge Electric Mfg Co, Springfield, Mass" with a patent date of December 22, 1903, so the answer to your question is yes.
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your trapdoor was made in 1878
Mfg Date Springfield Model 39AI purchased my Springfield Model 39A 410 Bolt Action from "Western Auto" in 1943-45 holds 2.5 & 3 inch shells 6 shot with a plug to restrict it to 2 shells plus one in the chamber. I have been told by gun dealers the 39A is the MFG date is April in 1939
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1957
i was an armorer in the marine corps, my Vietnam issued 14 was 570171 mfg around '62..however mine was a Winchester.the trw's were inferior in grade and the contract was cancelled.
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1912 to 1936