Winchester employee with an M1 Garand Receiver after forging prior to the machining process at the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. Factory in New Haven, Connecticut during WW2
Winchester was contracted to produce the M1 Garand in 1940 with the first completed rifle rolling off the production line on January 10, 1941.
By the time Winchester ceased M1 production in 1945, they had produced a total of 513,880 M1 Garand Rifles.
Winchester Repeating Arms Company Archives
Buffalo Bill Center of the West - P.20.3019.1
