Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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M1 Garand, gas-trap

Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 17 ↗

Springfield Armory, M1, cal. .30, manufactured from 1936 until early 1940 and incorporating the early type gas system, which does not utilize a gas port drilled into the barrel.

ATF lists cal. .30; this is the .30-06 Springfield cartridge.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESMade 1936–1940 (ATF’s dates)ATF: “manufactured from 1936 until early 1940”

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States¹
Manufacturer
Springfield Armory
Type
Rifle²
Action
Semi-auto³
Caliber
.30-06
Made
1936–1940
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 17 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
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References
  1. Wikipedia, “M1 Garand” ↗, country: ATF names the M1; article: the U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 is a U.S. design (infobox origin United States); the pre-1940 gas-trap rifles are the original M1 design
  2. Wikipedia, “M1 Garand” ↗, type: ATF names the M1; article infobox type semi-automatic rifle; 'Garand's original design for the M1 used a ... gas trap, later dropped in mid-1940'
  3. Wikipedia, “M1 Garand” ↗, action: ATF names the M1; article: every M1 is gas-operated (infobox action gas-operated, rotating bolt), the gas-trap and gas-port systems both feeding the same semi-automatic action
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
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Historical context

M1 Garand (base model shown for M1 Garand, gas-trap)
Shown: a standard M1 Garand, not this early gas-trap variant.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “M1 Garand rifle USA noBG new.png” by Armémuseum (The Swedish Army Museum), CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “M1 Garand”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The M1 Garand or M1 rifle is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army and United States Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War.