Springfield Research at one time did have a project like this but it was mostly Trapdoor Springfields which during their time might spend their entire service life in the same unit. The only time they really get excited about what unit a particular firearm belongs to is when during a unit inventory they come up short or have extras. The Army does not maintain a central data base for the question you ask, it is not something they really care about. Many times even if the weapon is sent in for repair it does not return to the same unit, the sending unit receives a one for one exchange. Next unit picks it up on their books after the rebuild is complete. Following are the serial number blocks assigned to Springfield Armory and the two prime contractors, International Harvester and Harrington & Richardson Arms. No monthly range of serial numbers has yet been developed for Post-World War II production of the M1 Garand. The serial number records are kept at the unit level and if a firearm is shipped off for rebuild it comes off the unit property books and that is the end of its paperwork trail with that unit. serial numbers, particularly in the range of 2,305,800 to 2,533,400 range. Weapons move from unit to unit during their service life. Units they were issued to? You are asking the all but impossible question. Perhaps I just wasn't looking hard enough? I don't recall ever seeing any published or offered, however, I've seen em for everything else including Garands. Was wondering if there was anyway to look up the serial numbers of these to see who they might have been issued to.
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