Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this interesting semi-auto rifle today for a penny start auction, this is the National Ordnance M1 "Tanker Garand!"
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: National Ordnance (Nat'l. Ord. Inc.)
Model: M1 "Tanker Garand"
Serial: 855
Date of Manufacture: 1968-1974
Caliber: .308 Win
Finish: Parkerized
Barrel Length: 18"
Optics/Sights: Wing Protected Front with Adjustable Peep Rear
Stock/Grips: Smooth Wood
Action: Semi-Auto
Markings: The receiver is stamped "NAT'L. ORD. INC. / S. EL MONTE, CAL. / U.S. RIFLE / CAL. 308M1"
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Model: M1 "Tanker Garand"
Serial: 855
Date of Manufacture: 1968-1974
Caliber: .308 Win
Finish: Parkerized
Barrel Length: 18"
Optics/Sights: Wing Protected Front with Adjustable Peep Rear
Stock/Grips: Smooth Wood
Action: Semi-Auto
Markings: The receiver is stamped "NAT'L. ORD. INC. / S. EL MONTE, CAL. / U.S. RIFLE / CAL. 308M1"
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
In 1961/1962, while visiting the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts, Bob Penney observed an M1 Garand prototype (T26) with a shorter barrel that had not been adopted and never went into production. This motivated him to experiment with the concept, while running National Ordnance. The end result was what is known as the "Tanker Garand".
Between 1962 and 1965 the "Tanker Garand" was built using the M1 Garand receivers being refurbished by Valley Ordnance, assembled with surplus GI parts. Penney did not add the National Ordnance name or the Alpine name to any of these rifles, or any of the Garands he assembled. They retained their original manufacturer markings. [Interviews with Bob Penney by this author, 2008; Tanker Garand; An Apocryphal Martial Weapon by Phyllis Benson, Man At Arms Magazine, November/December 1980, pp.49-51]. Many people have assumed this version of the Garand was a government issued weapon, as the markings are the original manufacturer of the barrel, receiver, and parts. The "Tanker Garand" concept started with U.S. Army Ordnance, but the rifles were made by Bob Penney and his employees at National Ordnance in Azusa, CA in 1962, then Alpine in Azusa, CA 1963-1965.
After Alpine closed in December 1965, Arnold decided to produce National Ordnance "Tanker Garands". The majority of these rifles were built on investment cast receivers using surplus GI parts. The receiver was marked NATL ORD INC. Those that also indicate SO. EL MONTE, CAL were built after 1968 and before the company closed in 1974. It's not known how many of these National Ordnance "Tanker Garands" were produced.
Federal Ordnance picked up where National Ordnance left off, making their own "Tanker Garand". The version made by Springfield Armory of Geneseo, IL was started based on the public interest initiated by the "Tanker Garands" that preceded the commercial Springfield Armory, operated by the Reese family. Penney and Bob Reese have known each other since the 1950's. Penney purchased surplus GI M1 carbine parts and M1 Garand parts from Bob Reese at Reese Surplus in the 1960's.
Federal Ordnance picked up where National Ordnance left off, making their own "Tanker Garand". The version made by Springfield Armory of Geneseo, IL was started based on the public interest initiated by the "Tanker Garands" that preceded the commercial Springfield Armory, operated by the Reese family. Penney and Bob Reese have known each other since the 1950's. Penney purchased surplus GI M1 carbine parts and M1 Garand parts from Bob Reese at Reese Surplus in the 1960's.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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