This is an exceptional example of an early WWII production M1 Garand rifle manufactured by the Winchester factory circa August 1942. The rear of the receiver is marked "U.S. RIFLE/CAL. 30 M1/WINCHESTER/Trade Mark/1237095" with the right side of the receiver is marked "D28291-2. It is fitted with a WWII Winchester barrel that has a single circled "WP" proof mark with a single punch mark along with an upside down "2 and F" marks. The various parts are marked as follows; trigger housing: D28290- W.R.A., trigger guard: C46025 W.R.A., hammer: C-46008-1 W.R.A, bolt: D28287-1 W.R.A., operating rod: D35382-W.R.A.. The internal parts are all either CM or punch dot marked. It has a correct Winchester manufactured Battle Range marked rear sight set with the open arrows on both the elevation knob and the windage knob, with the locking bar on the windage side. It has the correct Winchester gas cylinder, and lock both with their early Du-Lite blue type finish with a single slot gas plug. It is fitted with a correct style front sight however the protective screw cap is missing. It is fitted with an original WWII Winchester stock and handguard set with a grooved rear handguard band and the oval front barrel band. The stock has the early long channel with a very faint "W.R.A/G.H.D." and Ordnance Wheel cartouche on the left side with a single circled "P" proof in the grip area, with an early style buttplate that is checkered in the center only with a smooth outer border. It comes with an original WWII leather sling.

Exceptionally fine with 85% plus of the original dark green parkerized finish overall with the trigger housing and triggerguard having browned out almost completely. The stock and handguard are all in fine condition with a nice matching dark brown color overall showing numerous light scratches and handing marks with faint but visible cartouches. Mechanically excellent. An extremely fine and honest early WWII Winchester M1 Garand rifle.