The Galleries
- Robert E. Petersen Collection
- Ancient Firearms - 1350 to 1700
- Road to American Liberty - 1700 to 1780
- A Prospering New Republic - 1780 to 1860
- A Nation Asunder - 1861 to 1865
- The American West - 1850 to 1900
- Innovation, Oddities and Competition
- Theodore Roosevelt and Elegant Arms - 1880s to 1920s
- World War I and Firearms Innovation
- WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Beyond - 1940 to Present
- For the Fun of It
- Modern Firearms - 1950 to Present
- Hollywood Guns
Springfield Armory M1D Garand rifle
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. The M1D was developed from the M1E8 rifle designed at Springfield Armory and adopted as a substitute standard in September of 1944.
Originally the M1E8 was designed to be fitted with a Lyman M73 telescopic sight similar to that employed on the bolt-action M1903A4 sniper rifle. Later versions of military issue Lyman scopes were designated as M81 (cross-wire reticle) and M82 (tapered post reticle) variants.