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Garand collectors have long known about these, as stored and recorded by Springfield Armory, but as far as we know, nobody's found one yet. In 1959, Armory officials told the local newspaper that a few cans recently arrived (of which, more later) were the last survivors of the cans the Armory filled in 1947 and 1948 apart from a few in the collection of the Armory's museum.

Right after World War II, the Armed Forces went from something like 12 million men, mostly armed with M1 Garands, to a tiny fraction of the size. Logistical problem: trainloads of surplus Garands.



can of similarly-treated .45s. Image snarfed off the net doesn't embiggen much.

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Aftershock_88 said:

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Aggie1944s Kid said:

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Whomever that belongs to is in for a very rude awakening. Those cranberries expired a long time ago.

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Ehhhh judging by the Non GMO logo and USDA organic logo on the can, I'm gonna say those aren't all that old.

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