Enbloc Clip ID Codes

[OldGarandDad]

I figured this would be of interest to the members. There are several lists around but I figured I'd list them here since these sites tend to come and go over time.

http://myplace.frontier.com/~aleccorapinski/id21.html

and here in PDF

www.m1garand.net/Data_Files/clips.pdf


In case the links go dead here is the current list. Please feel free to fill in any blanks or correct any errors.

• Blank stamp Springfield Armory
• AMP Stamp All Metal Products Co. (hard to read)
• ACE 2 Stamp Aggressive Engineering Corporation (Military production)
• AEC 2 Stamp Aggressive Engineering Corporation (Commercial production)
• AEC 3 - Aggressive Engineering Corp (Commercial)
  Anaheim, CA
• AGE 1 - Aggressive Engineering Corp (Millitary contract)
  Anaheim, CA
• AGE 2 - Aggressive Engineering Corp (Millitary contract)
  Anaheim, CA
• AMP 1 - All Metal Products Wyandotte, MI
• BLM - Barry L Miller Eng Inc Irvine, CA
• BRW 1 Stamp Borg-Warner Spring Division
• BRW 2 Stamp Borg-Warner Spring Division
• BRW 3 Stamp Borg-Warner Spring Division
• BRW 4 Stamp Borg-Warner Spring Division
• BRW 5 Stamp Borg-Warner Spring Division
• BRW 6 Stamp Borg-Warner Spring Division
• BRW 7 Stamp Borg-Warner Spring Division
• B-W 4 - Borg Warner (WW2) Spring Division,Bellwood, IL
• C - Lerio Patent Cup Co. Mobile, AL
• DAQ Stamp Dominion Arsenal (Quebec)
• fF - Fedders Mfg Buffalo, NY
• HA - Haerens Ammunitions Arsenal Copenhagen, Denmark
• IMI Stamp Israeli Military Industries (Israel)
• I S 1 Stamp International Silver Company
• I S 2 Stamp International Silver Company
• I S 3 Stamp International Silver Company
• IS 4 - International Silver Meriden, CT
• IS 5 - International Silver Meriden, CT
• JMO Julios Maurer, Oberstein Germany
• 58 - Nationalist China
• 59 Nationalist China
• 68 JMO Stamp Julius Maurer (Germany)
• 69 JMO Stamp Julius Maurer (Germany)
• 70 JMO Stamp Julius Maurer (Germany)
• 71 JMO Stamp Julius Maurer (Germany)
• 72 JMO Stamp Julius Maurer (Germany)
• 74 JMO - Julius Maurer Oberstein, Germany
• LP 1956 Stamp Italian (name unknown)
• L&H 81 Italian or Danish
• LP 1961 Stamp Italian (name unknown)
• NW Stamp Northwest Metal Products
• MAS Manufacture D' Armes St. Etienne France
• MBZ Stamp (fat letters) Mourek & Ball, Zeist (Netherlands)
• MBZ Stamp (small letters) Mourek & Ball, Zeist (Netherlands)
• MBZ Stamp (regular letters) Mourek & Ball, Zeist (Netherlands)
• MFT Mataal Fabriek Tilburg Netherlands
• NW - Northwest Metal Seattle, WA
• SF Serini France
• S - Stanley Works (or SW) New Britain, CT
• S A Stamp Springfield Armory
• S A Stamp with dash underneath Springfield Armory
• S A Stamp (oversized letters) Springfield Armory
• TF&S Thomas French & Co. Ltd
• W4 - R Wallace & Sons Wallingford, CT
• W5 Stamp R. Wallace and Sons
• W6 - R Wallace & Sons Wallingford, CT
• WEP Stamp Wade Electric Products
• WEP1 - Wade Electric Products Sturgis, MI
• WRA - Winchester Repeating Arms New Haven, CT
• WR Wallace & Sons Mfg.
• 5 Stamp Unknown - might be an S for Stanley Works but uncertain at this point
• 5mm hole. - Austrian

[Orlando]

Heres a couple of strange ones, you know I like the oddball stuff
I think the top is Chinese and the bottom Tiawan or is it the other way around???

[RCS]

I got these two clips from Scott Duff back in the late 90's. Both have the early back web pattern and notches cut through.

[OldGarandDad]

Heres a couple of strange ones, you know I like the oddball stuff
I think the top is Chinese and the bottom Tiawan or is it the other way around???

The C Star, O Star and Wagon Wheel symbols are Taiwanese.

[Jersey Devil]

Great thread!!!
I'm sticking this one!!

cg1

[Phil McGrath]

I have a unmarked clip that I always assumed was a early SA, turns out that it is a post war Korean clip. Another clue about pre-war and post-war SA clips are the Pre-War clips with have ribbing like the picture RCS posted, Post-War clips will have the larger ribbing. Dash marks were done to identify what machine or line was used when the clip was formed.

[Tom in N.J.]

I have an early unmarked SA clip. It has the early small top and bottom rings and the early small machined latch hole with no radius at the top. I have to credit J im Worsham in VA for finding it for me.

[Tom in N.J.]

I see that the OP new list has "HA" (no periods) as Danish. I have never seen a HA clip or photo of one with no periods. The M1 clips marked "H.A." were made by Horle Arms, Deep River, CT on U.S. gov't contract in the mid to late 50s. The late version of the clip drawing lists the then current manufacturers codes and lists H.A. as Horle Arms. Pic of H.A. marked clip attached.

[TJT]

That's interesting about Aggressive Engineering in Anaheim, Ca. I grew up in Anaheim.
Jon

[Benzeen1]

The clips with the clip latch detent cut all the way through are Type 1 and were used for the gas trap and early gas port rifles.

[G. Bolen]

Is there a group of collectors for the M1 clips? Trade groups ? I have several manufacturer list.

[ivsvs]

If you are on Facebook, there is an Enbloc Collectors group with lots of pictures and information. Trading and sales are allowed.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/667091243729233/

[RCS]

Photo shows WW2 modification of the clip for cleaning the M1 rifle. I made some-up years ago, they really work

[CCyooper]

From the picture I cannot tell if there is something in the modified enbloc? Is it a mirror or support?

[RCS]

Back around 2011 or so, some old modified clips were found in WW2 army training area in the southwest. These clips were pretty well rusted but still had a 1/4 inch round steel bar about 3/4 inch down the clip and another notch cut into the side. This modified clip would hold the action open for cleaning and bore inspection as the follower was held in place. When using a ram rod the tip would hit the clip not the bolt face. There was a directive that showed how to modify the clip