Did ya buy it?
CMP is selling Special Grade Rifles with new Criterian(match) barrels for around $1,050 now if I recall. Turn around is pretty quick now too.
M1 Garand - Civilian Marksmanship Program
I recently bought one from JJM off our classified. It is a post war Springfield, correct grade, just as it was sent from the factory for that price. There is no evidence to think the mechanics have ever been disassembled.
Once the M1's have "improvements" the value drops, considerably.
The prices you see on the internet and at gun shows will numb your senses over time and you will stand there with dribble on your chin and a handful of cash mumbling, "I must have...I must have..."
This is one end of the market where it really pays to have friends, someone on the inside.
JJM bought this one from CMP in 2005 and had the foresight to leave it "as is" and passed it on to me for a modest profit but less than half what the current bids are when (and if) some come available.
If you want a shooter, one can be had for much less than $1500. If your time is worth more to you than what it will take to find one, or you just really have to "scratch that itch", then grab it. They are making money everyday but they aren't making any more M1's...
I recently bought one from JJM off our classified. It is a post war Springfield, correct grade, just as it was sent from the factory for that price. There is no evidence to think the mechanics have ever been disassembled.
Once the M1's have "improvements" the value drops, considerably.
The prices you see on the internet and at gun shows will numb your senses over time and you will stand there with dribble on your chin and a handful of cash mumbling, "I must have...I must have..."
This is one end of the market where it really pays to have friends, someone on the inside.
JJM bought this one from CMP in 2005 and had the foresight to leave it "as is" and passed it on to me for a modest profit but less than half what the current bids are when (and if) some come available.
If you want a shooter, one can be had for much less than $1500. If your time is worth more to you than what it will take to find one, or you just really have to "scratch that itch", then grab it. They are making money everyday but they aren't making any more M1's...
Mongo59 speaks MUCH truth. I am by NO means a Garand expert but I did collect them back in the late 80's and early 90's before the price of them began to interfere with buying groceries and I decided feeding a wife and kids should probably take first priority over collecting Garands LOL! Anyway...If you really want a Garand I highly recommend you check out the CMP as has been mentioned here, or better yet visit the CMP and pick out your own. Make a small vacation of it, my wife and I have done that. Went 3 different times to CMP north (Port Clinton). Talk about a "slobber" fest. Walking into the north store and seeing all those beautiful Garands on the racks just ripe for the picking and the staff is so very helpful if you want they will even help you pick out one and not is a sales person way either as they are volunteers and make no money from the sale. Then after you choose your Garand you can pick up some ammo there as well. Sorry did not mean "highjack" your thread to turn this into a CMP thread. IMHO I would pass on this one you show and go CMP. Just my 3-cents.
Hell, for that price, you can practically build your own at the CMP ... Advanced Maintenance Class - Civilian Marksmanship Program
I know several people who have attended this course and the rifle they built is without a doubt better than anything you can find in a LGS.
Yeah, I've got a "real" Garand, sewer pipe, zero accuracy barrel, greasy ass original stock, whotta prize ! IMO, if you're interested in putting rounds downrange, get something shootable.
If you want a "wall-hanger", or collectable, get an original, but it might be an exercise in futility to mix the two. I wish I knew then what I know now, I'd have been all over one of those "commemorative", or build your own models like a fat kid on a cheesesteak.
Yeah, I've got a "real" Garand, sewer pipe, zero accuracy barrel, greasy ass original stock, whotta prize ! IMO, if you're interested in putting rounds downrange, get something shootable.
If you want a "wall-hanger", or collectable, get an original, but it might be an exercise in futility to mix the two. I wish I knew then what I know now, I'd have been all over one of those "commemorative", or build your own models like a fat kid on a cheesesteak.
Yeah, I've got a "real" Garand, sewer pipe, zero accuracy barrel, greasy ass original stock, whotta prize ! IMO, if you're interested in putting rounds downrange, get something shootable.
If you want a "wall-hanger", or collectable, get an original, but it might be an exercise in futility to mix the two. I wish I knew then what I know now, I'd have been all over one of those "commemorative", or build your own models like a fat kid on a cheesesteak.