I'd buy one if under $1.5k. We had a Winchester and an H&R through LEOSA at work before we returned them, and they were both excellent rifles. Much nicer than the SA Inc. M1As that I've handled. I was sad when we sent those guns back, and I would love to own one.

Once upon a time in the Navy, I was part of burial detail/honor guard for a WWII veteran. We had our M14s provided by the armory, and a Gunner's Mate was one member. I remember looking at mine on the receiver for the manufacturer's marking and thinking: "TRW...I thought they made auto parts."

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I remember looking at mine on the receiver for the manufacturer's marking and thinking: "TRW...I thought they made auto parts."

Similar to International Harvester (farm and construction equipment) making M1 Garands, or Rock-Ola (jukeboxes), GM (cars and car parts), IBM (typewriters), or National Postal Meter (mailroom equipment) making M1 Carbines, or Singer (sewing machines), Remington Rand (typewriters), or Union Switch & Signal (railway equipment) making 1911s.

In fact, TRW had their fingers in a number of different military endeavors beyond just automotive parts, from autocannons to missiles to satellites to rifles to rocket engines.

^^Of course, I was just 19 then and fresh out of high school (and basic training) pretty much.
During field medical training, my M16A1 was a GM Hydro-matic made one. Went to the range for pistol qualification two years later and drew an M1911A1 that shot very straight. Union Switch and Signal made. Quite a history of domestic manufacturers stepping up to the plate during a crisis.

US&S only made about 55k 1911's so actually being issued one was pretty unusual. The same thing goes for the GM Hydromatic M-16's. In my entire career I think I only saw for or five of those.

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Originally posted by rat2306:
^^Of course, I was just 19 then and fresh out of high school (and basic training) pretty much.
During field medical training, my M16A1 was a GM Hydro-matic made one. Went to the range for pistol qualification two years later and drew an M1911A1 that shot very straight. Union Switch and Signal made. Quite a history of domestic manufacturers stepping up to the plate during a crisis.