Years ago, I had DGR (Deans Gun Restoration) redo a 1944 Springfield. All parts were reparked and a new Wenig (I hate those ugly Boyds stocks) stock finished like a WW2 original finish. Sadly Dean died awhile back but his wife and staff continues to make really nice guns.
M1 Garand
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Sistema1927
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@NukeRef,
Don't you know the protocol?
You can't post about a Garand acquisition without giving us the details: Make? SN Range? Year? TE? etc.
Don't you know the protocol?
You can't post about a Garand acquisition without giving us the details: Make? SN Range? Year? TE? etc.
OP
Details? Hmmm ... I gave him money, he handed me one of his M1's.
Springfield Armory 30M1
S/N 214****
November 1943 per S/N lookup.
Bought from CMP c.1995;
Refurb'ed by James River Armory 2/2012;
Criterion Barrel.
The last time I touched an M1 was 1967. I am so looking forward to taking this one to the range in the near future. IF there's a barn downrange, I might hit it broadside ... !!
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Speaking as a professionally (my wife) diagnosed victim of Garandits I will say you are going to have a blast with that rifle! One of my Grands is a CMP Special with a Criterion barrel, it is my match rifle and it shoots much, much better than I do 
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Not to hijack your thread, but it is timely. I have my first H&R M1 from a CMP forum member winding it's way through the USPS system to my LGS as we speak.
.Not to hijack your thread, but it is timely. I have my first H&R M1 from a CMP forum member winding it's way through the USPS system to my LGS as we speak.
OP
Yup! I sure do. In fact, he just stopped by to give me a shooter's glove for my left hand. Says it will make my range day that much better!
Not only am I a self-admitted victim of Garanditis, but I am also an enabler. I acquired my M-1 many years ago from DCM. Normally I hadn't bought any semiautomatic rifles because I couldn't use one for deer hunting in PA, but back then the price was too good to pass up. I found out that it shot like a dream.
Then I became the enabler to a dear friend, a lady I went to college with and was a hunter, gun collector and Air Force officer. We met up one day for drinks and she mentioned she was wanting to get an M-1. It turned out that back then the Woolworth's store at one of the malls where I lived sold surplus military rifles, including M-1s. When I mentioned that to her, our next stop was Woolworth's and she became the proud owner of her own M-1 Garand.
AJ
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gregintenn
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Garands are wonderful rifles. It looks like you have a nice one.
MY soon to be M1 Garand
I was at my LGS. and he had a never been fired CMP M1 Garand in the silver case and everything all the paperwork everything. I just could not say no. The problem for me was that I REALLY didn't want to have to reload another caliber. The owner told me that he could send it to Springfield and they would re-barrel it to .308. So I never even took it home. He is sending it out to Springfield to have it done. When and if I get it back I will post a pic of it. The biggest problem is going to be sneaking it into the house so the wife does not see it!
I was at my LGS. and he had a never been fired CMP M1 Garand in the silver case and everything all the paperwork everything. I just could not say no. The problem for me was that I REALLY didn't want to have to reload another caliber. The owner told me that he could send it to Springfield and they would re-barrel it to .308. So I never even took it home. He is sending it out to Springfield to have it done. When and if I get it back I will post a pic of it. The biggest problem is going to be sneaking it into the house so the wife does not see it!
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AJ
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Just take an empty case out of the house one day and bring it back in with the new rifle in the case when you come back. I take so much stuff out and bring in so much stuff, that she has no idea of what I have.
M-1 Garand is what everyone wishes they'd had when the world lost its mind in 1939. It was just as remarkably effective when red's tried to begin rolling up control of the weak as a prelude to choking the West. Nowadays I have M-1's from WWII and of course the post war era. My all time favorites are a 5.9 million SA M-1 rebuilt by LEAD w/ a 1966 SA barrel. Gorgeous rifle. First five rounds fired ... 2" group left at 9 0'Clock. Sight correction... next five was 2" at 6 0'Clock. One click up and the next ten rounds were 10 ring. This rifle has been my match rifle since 2002. It has been unfailingly accurate. My most loved in a 5.9 SA M1 (2/56) which is my birthyear. I was getting it ready to give to my brother ... but he passed away before I could get it finished. I wanted to find a really nice DAS stock. Nowadays it is routinely nearby. Sincerely. bruce.
Definitely ain't no .22!!!!! Love it.
AJ
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In all actuality, we have been past that subject for a long time ago(we will be married 49 years ago). Any more she never pays attention to what goes and comes. She could care less as long as it is not another woman!
MCorps0311
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Love to own one of those beauty someday myself.
Faulkner
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PSA has some Breda’s for sale. They are not cheap.
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