[eclancy]

Hi all,
....as to price, which year M1 Garand, being new in the wrapper, would you buy for a shooter that you would bet your life on and WHY? NO Gas Traps allowed! These are for shooting not for collecting!
Thanks again for taking the time and effort to open and read and hopefully reply.
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Clancy

[AZ Jeff]

Late production should theoretically have higher quality, as the most production "bugs" were worked out, and the production lines were running under "non-wartime" conditions.

(IHC rifles excepted in the above statement.)

[Trebor]

Late production SA. The latest they made with all the upgrades.

[RustyHammer]

December, 1941

[cracked butt]

High resial number SA or a HRA. Have a HRA and it hasn't failed me yet.

[browningguy]

The current Springfield Armory. Better reliability than any 50 year old rifle, I know because I own rifles and pistol dating back to 1875 and any of the older ones can fail you at the most inapporpriate time.

[mparris71]

which year M1 Garand, being new in the wrapper

The current Springfield Armory :scrutiny:

For me Late H&R or SA

[Grump]

edi to omit double post (slow
IE 6.whatever plus "stop" NOT = stop...)

[Grump]

For me, any maker, either new-production 6+ months after Korea ended, or an Arsenal Rebuild from the same era.

Those boys did good work. I've examined a 1958-59 or so SA National Match, and it is "all that" plus the good sights and match tuning (sent out w/o bedding but that was done quite well by the owner). :) :) :) :D :D

Howcome? Because they had all the bugs worked out by then, the elevation lock nut was on, there were no wartime production rushes, and builiding a good reliable rifle was routine, with accuracy invariably well within standards. I consider arsenal rebuild to be equal to new, because of the published work procedures on the rebuilds, and descriptions from others of how superb their rebuilds were.