It is the second-highest price for an M1 Garand (not counting a prototype 1931 T3E2 or 1924 Type 2 rifle), falling short of inventor John Garand’s personal M1 which sold for $287,500 in 2018 ...

The M1 Garand Was Also Quickly Outdated The timing of Patton's letter to Campbell is also notable as he wrote it in January 1945, by which time his soldiers would have certainly encountered the ...