SIGNED "M-1 GARAND: WW2" US ARMY USMC MARINE SA WRA RIFLE GUN REFERENCE BOOK

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The dogfaced, ground pounding US Army infantryman of WW2 had at least one significant advantage over his German or Japanese adversary, his rifle. The semi-automatic M-1 Garand was a generation ahead of the bolt action K-98 or Arisaka, and gave US ground troops the opportunity to establish fire superiority, a vital part of American infantry tactics during the war. The iconic M-1 rifle of WW2 has been of great interest to collectors for decades, leading Scott Duff to write an authoritative reference book on the subject in 1993, updated in a second edition, and now in its thirteenth printing as of November 2017. This SIGNED "M-1 GARAND: WW2" US ARMY USMC MARINE SA WRA RIFLE GUN REFERENCE BOOK is in near mint, unread condition, with only some light scattered storage wear evident (most pictured). Otherwise, the book is in near mint shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it's signed by the author via stick label on the title page, boasts elegantly illustrated softcovers, and sports 320 pages full of descriptive text, period pictures, and black and white photographs of M-1 Garands of WW2, including the development and manufacture at Springfield Armory, the supplemental contract awarded to Winchester Repeating Arms in 1939, early SA "Gas Trap" Garands, identification and comparisons of parts such as receivers, operating rods, bolts, trigger assemblies, butt plates, sights, safeties, barrels, stocks, and gas cylinder locks and screws, great details on serial numbers and production figures, data sheets on 60 different M-1 rifles, coverage of accessories such as bayonets, scabbards, and slings, and much, much more. A beautiful example of a SIGNED "M-1 GARAND: WW2" US ARMY USMC MARINE SA WRA RIFLE GUN REFERENCE BOOK. Now celebrating over 20 years on eBay. Bid with confidence and please view our other great military, aviation, and sporting classics, including a German WW2 MWC LUFTWAFFE PILOT B-UHR AUTOMATIC WRIST WATCH in MINT, unworn, new in the box condition, sporting a crisp 60 minute/12 hour (outer/inner) white numbers black dial, and featuring the classic big "onion" crown and sweeping seconds hand with hacking function.
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