For The Record ©

A Page Dedicated to Preserving the History of US Small Arms Parts Production

Welcome to the inter-net page which shows who (contractor) made what (small arms part) when (date of delivery).  I encourage you to help build this page for future generations of collectors. 50 years from now very little will exist in original packaging and fraudulent reproductions will be the norm. See the bottom of this page if you wish to add your piece of history to this page. Credit will be given for all pictures used.

Items are listed by the markings on the packages. These may differ with nomenclatures found in military technical documents.   In the Remarks section the Blue underlined text denotes a link to the individual's website. Thanks and enjoy.

                                                           M1 Rifle - 1950 Through 1959

Item as Marked

Contractor/Date

Link

Remarks

Butt Plate Assys,
Box of Ten

Underwood Corp/Dec 52

PHOTO

  

Hider,T37 Flash
in Asphaltic Tube

Springfield Armory, Springfield, Mass./Jan 59

PHOTO

  

Housing,
Hammer Spring Pack of Ten

A L Freedman Co., Springfield Mass./Sep 53

PHOTO

  

Knob, Windage, RS
Pack of Twenty

Druge Bros. Mfg.
Oakland, Cal./ Oct 53

 PHOTO

 Property of John Fisher

Latch, Clip
Pack of Ten

H&R, Worcester, Mass./Jan 54

PHOTO

  

Lock, Gas Cyl (Flat Edge) Individual Pack

Acme Machine, Hingham, Mass.,/Apr 56

PHOTO

Orig. Packed with M7A3 Grenade Launcher

Lock, Gas Cyl (Flat Edge) Individual Pack

Sun Ray Photo Co., N.Y., N.Y./Oct 53

PHOTO

Orig. Packed with M7A3 Grenade Launcher

Rod, Follower Assy
Pack of Twenty

Die-matic Products, Jamaica, N.Y./Jun 53

PHOTO

  

Rod, Follower Assy
Pack of Twenty

Springfield Armory
Springfield, Mass./Aug 53

PHOTO

 Property of  Steven Lipe,
"leemozoid"

Rod, Follower Assy
Pack of Twenty

Adell Corp., Orange, Mass./Sept 53

PHOTO

WWII  BAR Combo Tool, 03A3 Butt Plates for Remington

Rod, Follower Assy
Pack of Twenty

International Harvester Corp.,
Evansville, Indiana/ Feb 54

PHOTO

Property of Wayne Bradford

Safety, Pack of 100, WWII Wrap with Ord. Bomb

Springfield Armory, Springfield, Mass/Apr 44

PHOTO

SA_11/See Note 1 Below Property of Barb King "BBKings"

Screw, Butt Plate, Long,
Pack of Twenty

Winchester Repeating Arms, NH, Ct./Apr 53

PHOTO

Property of Jeff Carstens, "Bodyman"

Swivel, Stacking,
Tube of Twenty

Springfield Armory, Springfield, Mass./Jul 59

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Note 1 These were listed because of their scarcity. During WWII small arms parts from contractors were rarely marked with a date. There are a few exceptions, this is one of them.  Barb King has found several Springfield Armory items packed this way. Very rare occurrence.

M1 and M14 - 1960 Through 1969
Items with Unique Application are Marked, All Others Interchange with Both Systems

Item as Marked

Contractor/Date

Link

Remarks

Cover (Rear Sight) Asphaltic Tube of 20

Wyandotte Tool Co./July 62

PHOTO

  
Cylinder, Gas (M14) Pack of two Mechanical Components Corp, Glendale, Cal/Nov 69

PHOTO

  

Extractor  (Late Design)
Pack of 20

Springfield Armory/Jan 65

PHOTO

Developed for use with 7.62mm Ammunition
Knob, Windage
Tube of 20		 Bruce Machine & Eng
Feb/62

PHOTO

  

Nut, Flash Suppressor,
( M14) Tube of 10

H&R/Mar 61

PHOTO

  

Pin, Spring (M1 Lower Band Pin), Box of 100

Aircraft Components and Engineering/Feb 60

PHOTO

  

Pin, Spring (M14 Bolt Stop Pin), Pack of 100

SPS Co. Jenkintown, Pa./1963

PHOTO

  

Plug, Gas Cylinder
(M14)  Pack of Five

H&R/Nov 60

PHOTO

  

Plunger (Extractor Spring and Plunger Assy), Box of 20

H&R/Nov 64

PHOTO

  

Safety
Individual Pack

Springfield Armory/March 65

PHOTO

SNL B21 for Garand
Screw, Wood (M14 upper Butt Screw) Pack of twenty Del-Con Supply/Jan 68

PHOTO

  

Spring, Helical Compression (M14 Op Spgs) Pack of 2

H&R/Jan 62

PHOTO

 Property of Lee Emerson "Different"

Trigger and Sear Assy, 
(M14) Pack of 2

H&R, March 61

PHOTO

  

Trigger and Sear Assy, 
(M14) Pack of 2

Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp, March 62

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I encourage anybody who has something to offer, to please do so.  Email your pictures in JPG form by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.  It is best to keep the pictures at 100 kb or smaller, otherwise I have to know ahead of time that they are coming. Just send me an email and state that they are coming. My email filters delete any file larger than 100 kb.  If you do not have a photo editor, that is OK too.  Save your raw picture to a disc and mail it to me. I will edit the photo and credit you once it is listed.

Please send only items that have all of the following:

  1. Nomenclature
  2. Contractor name
  3. Date

Some later purchased items do not have a contractor name; yet they can still be identified. By the 1980's many purchases were marked with either a FSCM five digit number or a CAGE number. The FSCM consisted of five numbers and an example is 34895. A CAGE number consisted of numbers and letters in a random mix. An example of a CAGE number is 5JT23.  If your item has either format on the package, please send it.  I will identify the contractor.

Please do not send any re-wrapped or depot wrapped items, only items with the above information will be accepted. The only items to be listed on this page are original contractor items.

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