M1 Garand from CMP

**Franchi20/28** · December 6th, 2009, 09:55 PM

What's your opinion?

I'm getting ready to order a Garand from CMp and would like a shooter in nice shape. Should I.....

A. Buy a special grade for $1000, wait the 6 months or so lead time and be done with it. Or...

B. Buy a rack grade for $445, re barrel, replace any defective parts, get a new stock for $120 if the old one is beat beyond a refinish job, reparkerize everything not replaced myself.

C. Rack grade less wood for $375, re barrel, replace, restock at $150. Also needs rear sight assembly.

I'm thinking of going with option A as I doubt I'd save any money going with option B, unless I get lucky and it comes in with a new stock.

I guess I could always get 2 rack grades, and start fixing one up and just shoot the other one in the mean time........decisions......

**TXDMERC73** · December 6th, 2009, 10:17 PM

i would buy the special grade M1 Garand and be on the waiting list-cuz they wont be around much longer and they wont have any special grades left in the future . Thats if money isnt an issue for ya then go for the Special grade M1 Garands, i plan on buying one in the future sometime.

best bet is ask for a Garand in good shape and you wont be disappointed ,they are a piece of history as well as an excellent gun for SHTF .

**SteveWag** · December 7th, 2009, 06:55 PM

The Rack Grade rifles are fully functional right out of the box. I have two, shot both, one completely stock (Grand Match) and one bedded and a trigger job for quite a few years at 200, 300 and 600 yards. I still have a short chambered heavy barrel and unused through-the-barrel chamber reamer, both unused. I never needed them. I did the bedding and trigger myself using info from the net and the Marines.
Steve

**TXDMERC73** · December 7th, 2009, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by SteveWag

The Rack Grade rifles are fully functional right out of the box. I have two, shot both, one completely stock (Grand Match) and one bedded and a trigger job for quite a few years at 200, 300 and 600 yards. I still have a short chambered heavy barrel and unused through-the-barrel chamber reamer, both unused. I never needed them. I did the bedding and trigger myself using info from the net and the Marines.
Steve

can i see some pics of it please

**thanker92** · December 7th, 2009, 07:12 PM

I would go with option C.
When you get them completely dis-assemble both and put all the better parts into one and all the second class into the other. The first one becomes your show piece and the second one becomes your shooter.

**Franchi20/28** · December 8th, 2009, 03:33 AM

Originally Posted by thanker92

I would go with option C.
When you get them completely dis-assemble both and put all the better parts into one and all the second class into the other. The first one becomes your show piece and the second one becomes your shooter.

Hmmmmmmmmm............

That wasn't exactly part of option 3, but more of an afterthought.

The only way to get better than a rack grade without going to auction right now is Bavarian marked. That doesn't bother me though.

Maybe I should wait a few more months......I read today, damn I wish I could remember where, that South Korea is returning 80 some thousand M1's and I think 20K or so M1a's in 2010 to be resold. Don't know if they'll go through CMP though as I would think they'd have some type of announcement on their site if they were.