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M1 Garand, S/N 2502800

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 Garand semiautomatic rifle, cal. .30, S/N 2502800.

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

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESYour serial number is one ATF listsATF: “S/N 2502800”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1944.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United StatesBasis: no citation
Manufacturer
Springfield ArmoryBasis: the ATF wording
Type
RifleBasis: the ATF wording
Action
Semi-autoBasis: the ATF wording
Caliber
.30-06Basis: outside reference ¹
Made
Listed serial only · c. 1944production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference ²
Service
Military

Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 17 ↗ · ATF original ↗
Entries
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Verbatim check
Checked against the PDF text before every release
Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. 1. Wikipedia, “M1 Garand” ↗, calibers: .30-06 Springfield
  2. 2. nps.gov ↗, years: NPS Springfield Armory month-end serials: December 1943 ends at 2,305,849, January 1944 at 2,543,412, so Springfield S/N 2502800 is January 1944 production
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
2 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passYears: 1944–1945 → 1944. NPS month-end serial table places Springfield S/N 2502800 in January 1944
  2. Data-trust reviewEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.

All corrections · How corrections work

Historical context

M1 Garand, S/N 2502800

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.