Trashed? I remember back around 1979-80, when I was at Ft. Hood, the Army destroyed several thousand M-1 Garands that were stored there. President Carter had canceled the Army’s plan to sell them via the CMP and ordered that they be destroyed.
CMP are Still selling citizens Garands. That’s how many there were. Most now are lended and just coming back from allies. I got mine from DCM the CMP precursor back in the early 80s. A Springfield of WW 2 vintage. My son Bought his privately it is an international harvester from the Korean War era.
Both excellent shooters.