Mar 2, 2021 · The M1D project also resulted in the development of improved telescopic sights, culminating in the standardization of the 2.2X M84 scope, equipped with sealed optics, protective metal covers on the elevation/windage adjustment knobs, and a sliding light shade.

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Dec 8, 2021 · The American military throughout the 20th Century used a variety of dedicated sniper rifles converted from standard infantry weapons, and the M1D "Sniper Garand" is one of the hardest to find...

Dec 5, 2012 · The M1D is the other Garand sniper that saw service in several different branches of the US military. It came along shortly after World War II and uses a single piece scope mount that is bolted into the side of a special barrel sleeve created just for this gun. The system is …

The M1D was a variant of the Garand rifle fitted with an offset M84 telescopic sight. As the optic was mounted to the left of the bore, a padded leather cheekpiece had to be attached to the buttstock to allow shooters to get consistent sight alignment.

Dec 11, 2017 · The M1D illustrates how far modern precision shooting has come in the past 50 years since the old warhorse was retired. The Garand sniper rifles showed that an optical sight on a service rifle was a step up from the front and rear iron sights that originated with muzzleloaders.

The M1D design was invented and patented by John C. Garand and was intended to allow conversion from service rifle to sniper rifle at the support maintenance level. Most M1D rifles were equipped with the M84 telescope and 7/8″ diameter mount.

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Mar 23, 2020 · The M1 Garand was the first semi-automatic battle rifle adopted by the US Military and when the need arose for snipers during the second world war, the weapon engineers quickly got to work on a sniper variant, which ultimately became the M1C and M1D rifles.

Mar 31, 2020 · In June of 1944 the M1E7 (renamed M1C) was adopted as the standard issue sniper rifle and replaced the M1903A4 making it “Limited Standard”. The M1E8 (renamed M1D) was adopted in September of 1944 as a “Substitute Standard”. The only difference between the C and D was the scope mounting system.