Ordnance Maintenance Rifles .30 cal (snipers) Manual
 
New reprint of the M1 Garand TM 9-1275 Technical Manual dated June 1947. Almost an exact duplication of the 1943 dated manual but also covers the snipers models developed in 1944 and 1945. Covers M1 rifle and M1C and M1D. Includes flash hider and scope and mount information on the sniper's models. This manual is larger and more complete than the 1960s TM 9-1005-222-12 manual which replaced it. It covers tools and gages not covered by the later Garand manual. Incorporates all previous changes. Comprehensive and complete. Includes inventory, parts, breaking down the rifle into major components, assembly and disassembly, operation and functioning, stoppages and immediate action, cleaning and maintenance procedures, ammunition issued with the rifle. Numerous photographs and illustrations. Everything you need to know about your M1 Garand. This is the soldiers Technical Manual which was issued to every armorer trained to work the venerable "M1 U.S. Rifle caliber .30" or M1C or M1D. This covers everything the individual rifleman was expected to know about his rifle and more. Take the confusion out of owning a Garand and explains much that has been misunderstood about the rifle over the years. Logical and comprehensive. Contains cutaway drawings which fully explain functioning. Once you understand functioning it is so much easier to understand and correct improper functioning.