September 20th 2015 Premier Firearms Sale
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/19/2015
This is a Springfield Armory M1A in .308 Winchester caliber. It is a semi-automatic rifle with a removable magazine. This weapon is one of the original Springfield Armory weapons known as THE DEVINE. This weapon was made while Springfield Armory was in Devine Texas (stamped under barrel) with proper font. Elmer Ballance built these fine rifles using all original M14 parts. These were manufactured in the 1970s. The barrel on this rifle is a National Match, chrome line that was manufactured only at the Canadian Armory. They were made with GI military-spec parts. This receiver is No. 000644 (very early example). NM on barrel (National Match). Front sight is stamped "NM 062". Rear sight standard military. Bolt is stamped “7790186 TRW ZG". Gun sports a 22” barrel, parkerized finish, walnut stock, and composite hand guard. Stock has weak cartouche on left side, "DOD" three star stamp on left side and "P" on wrist. Metal retains virtually all of the original finish. Wood is excellent. Fine bore and action. Comes with one magazine. These early Devine M1s are getting extremely hard to come by. One of the finest M1 ever manufactured.