BryanJ Posted January 28, 2021 Share #1 Posted January 28, 2021 You don’t see too many of these cases, so thought I’d post with a correct grade H&R. Stencil on one side seems to be 82 ABN DIV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted January 28, 2021 Share #2 Posted January 28, 2021 Very Nice! Great looking M-1 also. Am I reading the date code correctly as being dated 1981? Thanks for posting it. BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad k Posted January 31, 2021 Share #3 Posted January 31, 2021 the yellow leg straps were added in the early 80's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottz63 Posted January 31, 2021 Share #4 Posted January 31, 2021 Very nice and rare case! Beautiful Garand as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 31, 2021 Share #5 Posted January 31, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 8:44 PM, Brian Keith said: Very Nice! Great looking M-1 also. Am I reading the date code correctly as being dated 1981? Thanks for posting it. BKW Looks like a late issue. DLA (Defense Logistics Agency) also started around 1978 I recall and used til 1993 and replaced the DSA prefix used earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted January 31, 2021 Share #6 Posted January 31, 2021 BryanJ- Just a suggestion, but the M1950 Weapons containers tended to hold sand inside from various drop zones on Ft Bragg. I would avoid placing a nice M1 inside. That's from personal experience from 5 years in the 82nd ABN. We used them with M16s, and they would be covered in sand no matter how much you tried to clean the containers out. Personally, I hated jumping with the containers. SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanJ Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted January 31, 2021 Skip. Thanks for the info. I’ve never fired the Garand in the photo. I believe the rifle was test fired and never issued. It will definitely not go in the bag. But out of curiosity, I’m going to check the bag for sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorin6 Posted January 31, 2021 Share #8 Posted January 31, 2021 I have one of those, and around North Carolina/Fort Bragg they turn-up fairly regularly. As for sand and one's feeling about those cases, I have to share Skips feelings. Fortunately, I only had to jump a couple of times with one in Ranger school (not to mention Jump School). When I jumped at Fort Bragg, I was issued an M9. One other comment; compared to the original Griswold case, these at least kept the Garand in one piece. How would you like to jump into a sandy drop zone and then have to put the Garand back together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad k Posted January 31, 2021 Share #9 Posted January 31, 2021 alot of shrapnel from sicily dz snagged in the chutes too, it was an artillery range in ww2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKIPH Posted January 31, 2021 Share #10 Posted January 31, 2021 thorin6 is 1000% correct! SKIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanJ Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share #11 Posted January 31, 2021 Yep, lots of sand in the seams... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanJ Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share #12 Posted January 31, 2021 If I recall from jump school (1979) on one of the jumps we used the case with a 2x4 inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorin6 Posted February 1, 2021 Share #13 Posted February 1, 2021 Those 2x4s can be deadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Flick Posted February 1, 2021 Share #14 Posted February 1, 2021 Here is one that I had in my collection for some years. I don't recall what the specific markings were on it. It took up so much space that I ended up selling it to a guy who, as I recall, collected post-war Garands. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copdoc Posted February 1, 2021 Share #15 Posted February 1, 2021 Here's another 1958 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawkALSE Posted February 3, 2021 Share #16 Posted February 3, 2021 Ranger Joes actually sold some NOS ones in the early 2000s which I bought 1. I think it had a 1977 date on it, came with the detachable metal snap but had no drop line. I also recall some newer ones of these being sold in huge numbers from Uncle Sam's Retail Outlet when they were still in business a few years ago. I was in their warehouse/walk in store and they had triwalls full of them for cheap. They were a lighter green color made of nylon and I think the insides were updated with some kind of plasticized like interior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawkALSE Posted February 3, 2021 Share #17 Posted February 3, 2021 Actually it might have been Brigade Quartermasters that sold the cases not Ranger Joes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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