Talk me out of buying a correct grade Garand

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I've read through many of the previous Garand threads and want to say thanks to all for the great information provided. I am going to go through CMP to purchase a Garand based on the overwhelming majority who recommend this. The consensus also seems to be to buy a service grade if you are using it as a shooter as opposed to simply collecting

my question is: is there an advantage to spending the extra $ and buying a correct grade to use as a shooter? the opinions seem to be split on this, with many saying the service grade will be just fine, and others strongly advocating buying the best quality you can afford. I want to buy the best rifle, but I don't want to spend $400 for only a marginal improvement; I would rather buy $400 worth of ammo. What do you think?
 
well the majority of the rifles going out now are '50s vintage. I bought a service grade and it is beautiful. So, it is up to you...
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Buy one in Collector's Grade instead, those are beautiful rifles for sure!!
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.... and where might one FIND a Collector Grade M1???

The CMP has not had any for sale (Excepting the odd singleton that they auction off...) in a couple of years.

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Swampy

Garands forever
 
They're either soulless unissued, or humped mixmasters arranged to look like they're the way they might've been.

Parts are parts, and when parts wear out, you replace them. This obsession with "correctness" is little more than forgery.
 
ummm Swampy,
You do realize I was trying to make a joke? I guess it wasn't a very good joke if you thought I was serious.

I thought the "Sorry, I just had to" :neener: would have given it away...
 
If you're anywhere near Ohio or Alabama I'd go to the store and examine both . . . .and then make a decision. The Service Grade's I've seen/shot have been very nice. (and it leaves you alot of money for M2 ball in spam cans! :) ) If I was going to buy a correct grade then I'd buy one of the better Garand books and start reading so I knew what I was looking at in terms of correct or incorrect parts.

Just my .02

Regards,
Dave
 
My SA correct grade is definitely not a mixmaster. And it's not unissued either. It's DOB is 1955 however. It's a tremendous shooter. Scary accurate, and reliable as hell.

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you can fix'er up yourself
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Why? For $595 you can buy a Service Grade rifle from CMP that you will NOT have to fix up.

As for the difference between the SG and CG... I don't know that I'd pay the extra for CG were I to do it over, but I sure did get a winning correct grade rifle. The wood is spectacularly good, and the metal looks barely used.
 
Is there a better choice for manufacturer?
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The H&Rs have a reputation for being slightly better in build quality, and I think there are fewer H&Rs than SA. H&R only made them after WW2, so if you want a WW2 era gun, don't order H&R. The CMP has the H&Rs priced slightly above the SAs to reflect the uptick in desirability, however my SA is everything I could ever want it to be quality wise.
 
If it's going to be a shooter, compare a correct grade to a service grade + $400 dollars worth of accurizing. Which would be more accurate if you did the work on a service? I don't know, just throwing it out there.

Of course, if you might sell it at any point in the future, I think the correct grade's price is more likely to go through the roof.
RT
 
You should definetly not buy 'the greatest battle implement ever devised', its only a neat piece of history that is guranteed to go up in value.

There, how was that, did I convince you?
 
i just bought a collectors grade SA from cmp

i just bought a collectors grade SA from cmp and got it yesterday. it was made in 1955 and serial # 5794xxx the cmp is only offering collector grade m1 garands that are made from 1955 to 1957 right now. don't get me wrong this is truely a great rifle. the bore and chamber are perfect. a couple of slight dings in the stock, but other than that the rifle is perfect.
i already had a 10/42 SA m1 garand in my collection. if i could do it all over again i would buy the service grade m1 instead of the collectors grade. from what i have been told the only difference in the two is the collectors grade has all the original parts where the service grade might have worn parts that were replaced.
i think that a rifle that has a lower serial # possibly used in ww2 or korea just has more history behind it and that makes it more attractive to me. the 10/42 rifle that i own is truely a piece of history and it would blow my mind if it could only talk about what action it has seen.
just my .02
 
Cant talk you out of one since I want one too and am liable to join you in getting one at the end of the summer.
 
i just bought a correct grade SA from cmp

i just bought a correct grade SA from cmp and got it yesterday. it was made in 1955 and serial # 5794xxx the cmp is only offering correct grade m1 garands that are made from 1955 to 1957 right now. don't get me wrong this is truely a great rifle. the bore and chamber are perfect. a couple of slight dings in the stock, but other than that the rifle is perfect.
i already had a 10/42 SA m1 garand in my collection. if i could do it all over again i would buy the service grade m1 instead of the correct grade. from what i have been told the only difference in the two is the correct grade has all the original parts where the service grade might have worn parts that were replaced.
i think that a rifle that has a lower serial # possibly used in ww2 or korea just has more history behind it and that makes it more attractive to me. the 10/42 rifle that i own is truely a piece of history and it would blow my mind if it could only talk about what action it has seen.
just my .02
 
thank you rancidsumo for correcting me

thank you rancidsumo for correcting me. i meant to say correct grade NOT collectors grade.
 
Don't buy a correct grade M1 Garand.
They cost more than a service grade and aren't any better looking.

What is the fun in buying an M1 and having all the parts correctly marked?
It is much more fun to go searching for the correct parts yourself, it is also much more satisfying.

What fun is there in owning a firearm that you can't 'tinker' with a little bit?
 
the correct grade has all the original parts where the service grade might have worn parts that were replaced.
I believe, for the most part, the parts are not all original to the gun. Incorrect parts are replaced with "correct parts" as necessary, by CMP. If an otherwise correct H&R has a Springfield bolt or Op Rod these parts will be replaced with the correct H&R parts.
I believe this is what VARROC is saying in his below post:

VAAROC They're either soulless unissued, or humped mixmasters arranged to look like they're the way they might've been.

Parts are parts, and when parts wear out, you replace them. This obsession with "correctness" is little more than forgery.
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