Could you please help me to find out when my m 1 garand was made and possibly the value of this gun.. its HR serial numbers are 65354483-55-rs 45 it has the cartouche and the "p" behind the trigger guard.. the gun is in mint condition... thanks, any info would help.. again thanks

Frank, See if you can find a date code on it somewhere.
It's a small oval with a number and a letter stamped inside of it.
You can also google search with what you do know about gun, lots of info out there. check the link, good luck.

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Mark, I'm not sure if you ever got your answer in all of that above but just in case you didn't....yours is in the war years 1944, or 45. Winchester kept no records of public serials those years because pretty much all of their manufacturing went to the war effort. Simply no record keeping. In 1942, #1221289, was sold. 43, 44, 45, 46, and 47 there were no records. In 1948 they began again at the number 1500000. You can't get any accurate to the day date on yours but if you divide those numbers by the five years you get approx 55,700 a year. So 1221289 + 55700 is approx 1277000. Add another 55700 and you get approximately late 1944 to early 45 for your rifle. I hope that helps.

Hi Gary,here's a link to the Marlins gun book, Blue Book of Gun Values MARLIN FIREARMS COMPANY Rifles Centerfire Lever...

no records found for that serial number.

M-1 Garand rifle serial number 1823565 was manufactured at the Springfield Armory in August of 1943. The Springfield Armory manufactured military firearms from 1777 to 1968. It is now a National Historic site and is located at 1 Armory Square, #2, Springfield, MA 01105. It is open 9 am to 5 pm Wednesday to Sunday during the winter (except holidays).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Armory
http://www.nps.gov/spar/planyourvisit/hours.htm
http://myplace.frontier.com/~aleccorapinski/id11.html