William J. Ricca Surplus Sales Government Surplus 1971-2018

(Editors Note: This page was a work in progress never fully completed. It is presented for what it does document.) 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). 50 years from now very little will exist in original packaging and fraudulent reproductions will be the norm. Items are listed by the markings on the packages. These may differ with nomenclatures found in military technical documents. Thanks and enjoy. M1 Rifle - 1950 Through 1959 Item as Marked Contractor/Date Image Remarks Butt Plate Assys, Box of Ten Underwood Corp Dec 52 Hider, T37 Flash in Asphaltic Tube Springfield Armory, Springfield, Mass. Jan 59 Housing, Hammer Spring Pack of Ten A L Freedman Co., Springfield Mass. Sep 53 Knob, Windage, RS Pack of Twenty Druge Bros. Mfg., Oakland, Cal. Oct 53 Property of John Fisher Latch, Clip Pack of Ten H&R, Worcester, Mass. Jan 54 Lock, Gas Cyl (Flat Edge) Individual Pack Acme Machine, Hingham, Mass. Apr 56 Orig. Packed with M7A3 Grenade Launcher Lock, Gas Cyl (Flat Edge) Individual Pack Sun Ray Photo Co., N.Y., N.Y. Oct 53 Orig. Packed with M7A3 Grenade Launcher Rod, Follower Assy Pack of Twenty Die-matic Products, Jamaica, N.Y. Jun 53 Rod, Follower Assy Pack of Twenty Springfield Armory, Springfield, Mass. Aug 53 Property of Steven Lipe("leemozoid") Rod, Follower Assy Pack of Twenty Adell Corp., Orange, Mass. Sept 53 WWII BAR Combo Tool, 03A3 Butt Plates for Remington Rod, Follower Assy Pack of Twenty International Harvester Corp., Evansville, Indiana Feb 54 Property of Wayne Bradford Safety, Pack of 100, WWII Wrap with Ord. Bomb Springfield Armory, Springfield, Mass Apr 44 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 Property of Jeff Carstens, "Bodyman" Swivel, Stacking, Tube of Twenty Springfield Armory, Springfield, Mass. Jul 59 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 Image Remarks Cover (Rear Sight) Asphaltic Tube of 20 Wyandotte Tool Co. July 62 Cylinder, Gas (M14) Pack of two Mechanical Components Corp, Glendale, Cal Nov 69 Extractor, (Late Design) Pack of 20 Springfield Armory Jan 65 Developed for use with 7.62mm Ammunition Knob, Windage Tube of 20 Bruce Machine & Eng. Feb 62 Nut, Flash Suppressor, ( M14) Tube of 10 H&R Mar 61 Pin, Spring (M1 Lower Band Pin), Box of 100 Aircraft Components and Eng. Feb 60 Pin, Spring (M14 Bolt Stop Pin), Pack of 100 SPS Co. Jenkintown, Pa. 1963 Plug, Gas Cylinder (M14) Pack of Five H&R Nov 60 Plunger (Extractor Spring and Plunger Assy), Box of 20 H&R Nov 64 Safety Individual Pack Springfield Armory March 65 SNL B21 for Garand Screw, Wood (M14 upper Butt Screw) Pack of 20 Del-Con Supply Jan 68 Spring, Helical Compression (M14 Op Spgs) Pack of 2 H&R Jan 62 Property of Lee Emerson "Different" Trigger and Sear Assy, (M14) Pack of 2 H&R March 61 Trigger and Sear Assy, (M14) Pack of 2 Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp March 62 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. For questions and/or assistance: The Garand Collectors Association Return to Bill Ricca's Home Page