This M1 Garand rifle was manufactured by Springfield Armory in June 1942. This rifle is one of the 38,001 Springfield Armory M1 rifles furnished to Great Britain under the Lend-Lease Act between October 1941 and June 1942. Most of the M1 rifles supplied to the British were never issued although small numbers of M1 rifles were utilized by British Commando battalions in North Africa and the Far East. A large number of these "Lend-Lease" M1 rifles were imported to the U.S. in the 1950s. Most of these rifles were in un-issued condition. This rifle remains in un-altered 1942 configuration with Type I lock bar rear sight, milled trigger guard, grooved rear hand guard clip, unaltered "D 35382 SA" operating rod, front sight with seal screw in place, single slot gas cylinder lock screw, "-12" bolt, "-5-SA" trigger housing and "S-A-6-42" dated barrel. The operating rod catch, hammer spring plunger and plunger housing are not parkerized. The face of the barrel chamber is bright. The upper barrel band is retained by a solid pin. The upper hand guard, lower hand guard and long throat stock are matching, oil finished, walnut. The right side of the barrel chamber is stamped with the British Birmingham proof marks applied when the rifle was exported from Britain in the 1950s. A shallow proof indentation is visible on the top of the receiver. The left side of the stock is stamped with the Springfield Armory final inspection mark that consists of the initials "SA/G.H.S." enclosed in a rectangle followed by a large diameter Ordnance Corps escutcheon. An encircled serif "P" proof mark is stamped on the inside of the pistol grip.

Excellent. This rifle retains 97% plus of the original green Springfield Armory parkerized finish. The metal components show only very limited storage and handling wear. The gas cylinder has 95% of the original finish. All of the markings are crisp. The hand guards are very fine with minimal handling wear. The stock is in very fine-excellent condition with a few scattered handling marks and some wear on the Ordnance inspection marks on the left wrist. There is no indication that the upper handguard was ever painted with the red band and caliber markings applied to some Lend-Lease M1 rifles. The British Lend-Lease M1 rifles are a distinct and valuable variation of the M1 Garand rifle. The British Lend-Lease M1 rifles are some of the very few early World War II production M1 rifles that remain in un-altered, original condition.