I checked out some m1s today at camp perry in ohio. There were some really nice ones. Heavy buggers. Anyone into m1s?
There's a bunch of us that enjoy our Garands (and carbines). You can find decent Garands at Camp Perry but you need to really look at them close to get the best one possible. If you order one from CMP, it comes out of CMP South (Anniston, AL). All the rifles go to South first for grading, repairs, etc., and then they fill all the orders from there. Then they send a bunch to CMP North (these are typically the rack and field grade, although you might find some service grade if you are there at the right time). Either way, I love going to Camp Perry if for no other reason to talk to the CMP workers and the folks waiting there for their orders to be filled. I was over there once looking for some magazines for my carbine but the bin was empty. I asked about them and the counter guy went to the back and brought out 2 boxes of brand new, still in the oiled paper, magazines. He opened the still sealed boxes in front of me (they were dated June 1944).
If you want a good magazine about Garands and so of the oddities that are out there, join the Garand Collectors Association. Dues aren't much and the magazines are great.
I have one that came from the CMP several years ago. I shot it last year at a CMP shoot. The CMP is also a good place to buy ammo.
They had a whole wall of service grades, and a whole wall of correct grades. I really like them, but there are a few guns ahead of an m1 on the wish list. Thanks for the info.
Going to Camp Perry to pick a gun is a lot of fun, one time they may have nothing but rack grades, another, as you said they will have service and correct grades. They had just gotten a boatload in (CMP South) and had some gun groups from the area come in and help sort and grade them.
Myself, I'd probably put they other guns on hold and get the M1, you will not be disappointed. I wish they'd get surplus M-14 and convert them to semi auto and sell them, I'd be all over one of those.
Thanks to the BATFE policy of once a machine gun always a machine gun. The CMP will never be selling converting M14’s. I have read that the conversion is simple and quick.
I know, but I like to dream and I'd love to have an old semi M-14, not the new version by SA (the M1A).
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attachment=56]I would love to have one also. I took basic in 1966 and the Army was using the M14 at that time. I never saw a M14 with the auto adaptor when I was in the RA. I looked into buying a M14 before I got a M1A, about $8,000 about 9 years ago. What I like about the M1, carbine and 1903, they are the real thing.
I have a friend who lives minutes from camp perry and drives past it twice a day. I plan on asking him to stop in and give me a report on the current cache. I'll post the results here. Its about 3 hrs from where I live, and I go up there for work. Between my friend and my trips up there, I hope to hone in on one someday soon.
Back in ohio. Plan on visiting the cmp tomorrow.
Love my M1. Since I seriously study WWII, and my grandfather served in the 9th Armored Division, 60th Armored Infantry Battalion, I wanted to own a piece of American history and learn about my grandfather in the process. I purchased mine off of a WWII vet who got it from the CMP in Ohio, but he never found the time to shoot, so he sold it after only 4 months of ownership. I also reload my own ammo for it and love reloading. It's been a lot of fun learning how to field strip it, grease & clean it, and put it back together. Every time I take it to the range, it gets a lot of looks and questions so it's great to know that the popularity of the M1 is still alive and healthy. I'm enclosing a picture of me and my M1, after restoring the original stock with my father. I've learned so much just by owning it, and i'm glad to see there's a thread here for the M1
Almost forgot, my M1 is an Harrington & Richardson M1.