They take your concealed carry permit to cover #3
And joining the Garand Collectors Association (25 bucks a year) covers #2. Garand Collectors Association - M1 Garand Collectors Association
They take your concealed carry permit to cover #3
I know which end of the Garand to hold but how do I know which Garand to buy?
Are there any collector's grade left?
Are any matching # rifles left to be bought?
There's a "numbers matching" Garand on the CMP auction page. Just under $4,400 right now. Otherwise, you're basically out of luck unless you can find one someone brought back. But because it doesn't match, doesn't mean it wasn't issued that way or is incorrect. When they all went to arsenal for rebuild they just put parts together as they were available. Your Springfield receiver might end up with an IHC trigger group and a Winchester gas plug with an H&R bolt and that's correct for that gun. Even during the war parts were shipped from one place with more of something to a place with less of that part. Bruce Canfield's book on the Garand is expensive, but covers a lot of this in very good detail.I know which end of the Garand to hold but how do I know which Garand to buy?
Are there any collector's grade left?
Are any matching # rifles left to be bought?
Thanks for the info on this. I feel a road trip coming on.There's a "numbers matching" Garand on the CMP auction page. Just under $4,400 right now. Otherwise, you're basically out of luck unless you can find one someone brought back. But because it doesn't match, doesn't mean it wasn't issued that way or is incorrect. When they all went to arsenal for rebuild they just put parts together as they were available. Your Springfield receiver might end up with an IHC trigger group and a Winchester gas plug with an H&R bolt and that's correct for that gun. Even during the war parts were shipped from one place with more of something to a place with less of that part. Bruce Canfield's book on the Garand is expensive, but covers a lot of this in very good detail.
Do the work to buy from the CMP. Pick up a $730 Garand with luck of the draw mail order or go to the North Store and pick one out in person. The guys in the store behind the counter are great to deal with and will tell you everything about that rifle in a few minutes.
I'm wondering about how this influx of "fresh" goods will affect prices. Is 99,000 a lot compared to the market of would-be buyers?
As in the past they will sell quickly and the gun show tables will have plenty of $1000+ Garands for sale. Sad but true. The last couple I picked up were about $560 shipped and they were $800+ at the shows.
Can you buy more than one? I have two sons and I might buy one for each of them.
And be careful, one US Rifle CAL .30 M1 will quickly lead to another....And another
I don't believe that CMP sells 308 Garands but my father converted one of his CMP guns a couple years ago by purchasing a 308 barrel from Gunbroker.
Just have to show membership in an affiliated cmp org. As stated upthread just join the garand collectors association online. Meets that requirement and you get a nice quarterly magazine about garandsSo if I read all this correct you have to shoot in one of their clubs as well as being a member of a club? Or is the membership enough?
So if I read all this correct you have to shoot in one of their clubs as well as being a member of a club? Or is the membership enough?
Right now the rule is 8 per calendar year; but, also M1 Carbines, International Harvester M1s and Winchester M1s have an additional restriction of 1 per grade per year.
Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.