Quartet of M1 Manufacturers

[RKM]

Very nice collection! I recently learned that the Japs had their own version of the Garand.

 

[dlbleak]

those are NICE!

 

[jmike314]

Any differences in the way the shoot? Any one of them more accurate than the others?

 

[Perplexed]

Thanks for the comments, folks. I was pretty tickled when I finally completed the quartet of US makers

Any differences in the way the shoot? Any one of them more accurate than the others?

Not solely due to the manufacturer. By and large, the most accurate barrels were those made by LMR in the 1950s for some of the IHC and HRA M1's, and the replacement barrels made by Springfield in the 1960s. But there are so many exceptions to the rule that it's not really a rule - you can get three M1's, from the same weekly run by the same company, with original barrels and identical wear, and one can be a tack driver while the second is average and the third can't hit the side of a barn from the inside.

Now if you want to talk about overall fit and finish, typically the post-war Springfields and the HRA's are the best, while Winchester is the worst. IHC is in the middle.