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?
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?