Not something you see every day - unissued Garand

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We love unissued M-1s! This is an unissued, never fired after function testing and proofing H&R M-1. In the last pic it is next to a Springfield and a 95 Chilean Mauser, both in the same condition as the H&R. Holding them for a friend, wish they were mine!
 

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Buying an Garand from the DCM was a factor in getting into the high power game. My, ahem, "friend" had shown the one he bought and told me how nice they were and how one guy he knew got one still in cosmoline. When my first one came in it had obviously seen much use (my "friend" even apologized for my misfortune) but everything matched and I thought "what the heck, take it out and shoot it". My Dad had a fair amount of experience with one and he showed me the ropes. It shoots amazingly well with both 168 and 175 gr Sierra's. The next one I bought (CMP) was an IHC even rougher than the first. No regrets at all though. Everyone enjoys them when I get them out.
 
fireman 9731: Imagine the stored military small arms at the Navy's Crane Logistics Center in Indiana. I wouldn't blame them if they somehow had created tons of disinformation over the decades.

A friend who retired from the NAVRES on the Rifle Team had chatted with two security guys who worked there. Their jeeps or truck patrolled several sizeable buildings full of sealed, covered crates.
I've read that the Marine Rifle Team's M-14s came from there.

There seem to be such quantities of small arms stored there that a Base Commander or similar officer 'reportedly' delayed his retirement, due to the Results of the US Pres. election in 2008. There could be many decades' worth of small arms, plus the higher-profile 'gear'?

What I heard from a Navy officer ("ringknocker") was that the Commander wanted to work longer, have a little control over the inventory's "preservation" (?) in case the WH learned about what was there. Everybody knew what had happened with one specific military rifles (I have no idea about where they had been stored) when a previous President was in office (1990's). Therefore, far too few of this type was available for snipers in Afghanistan, whose .223 rifles were not always sufficient.
 
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I seem to remember these coming from Greece or Turkey...but I think it was Greece. They were still in original boxes of two rifles per box and selling for around $2500 per pair. Totally unissued and still in the uncut wrapper. Most were HRA, but I think there were some SA in there too. Amazing pieces of history, but not something I was interested in since I shoot everything I buy.
 
Not for me, I want to shoot mine.

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NIGHTLORD40K said:
So.....a $4000 rifle with dinged up, dried out wood, peppered in surface rust and I cant even shoot it because it'll lose half its value. No thanks.
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If you're talking about an M-1, one in the condition you describe would not be considered "collectable" and it wouldn't be worth anywhere near $4000.
 
I had to chime in to this discussion to brag about my M1 garand. Sone time ago I bought a shooter's grade M1 to compete in CMP shoots at my local gun club and it served me well. About for or five years ago I had the cash and the itch to buy a 2nd Garand from the CMP as a backup for my original one. I decided to go with the ''correct grade'' model just to see what I'd get. When it came it was coated with about 5 pounds of cosmoline that took over 2 days to remove. What I found I was was a Springfield M1 in unfired condition with a marked NM barrel also unfired. All the parts numberered correctly, the barrel dating was inline with the serial number and the unblemished walnut stock had the proper cartouch markings. I didn't believe what I had since I 've been told numerous times that there was no such thing as an unfired/unissued M1 Garand. I called CMP and talked to a very knowledgable gunsmith who told me ''once in a while you'll find something like this''. I did find the mother lode, and this Garand will stay unfired as a collector's item. Sorry I don't have pics to post...never took any. That's my M1 Garand story!
 
tark said:
If you're talking about an M-1, one in the condition you describe would not be considered "collectable" and it wouldn't be worth anywhere near $4000.
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Thats what the one in the CMP auction looks like to me. Unless the photo is misleading.

Nope, took a closer look at all the pics. It looks terrible to me. It may be a unicorn, but I wouldnt parade it around. Yuck.

The bidding is up to $5300 now, too.:confused:
 
NIGHTLORD40K said:
Thats what the one in the CMP auction looks like to me. Unless the photo is misleading.

Nope, took a closer look at all the pics. It looks terrible to me. It may be a unicorn, but I wouldnt parade it around. Yuck.

The bidding is up to $5300 now, too.:confused:
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Cant find it. I was just on the CMP auction site. Did it possibly sell already? I'm really curious now. There has to be something special about this gun. Could you post a pic or a link or a pic? Thanks.
 
NIGHTLORD40K said:
https://cmpauction.thecmp.org/detail.asp?id=6689&n=M1-Garand-Unissued-SA-5884593
Looks like it did sell for $5301. There is a sublink halfway down the page in blue that will lead to the rest of the pictures.
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Gotcha, and thanks. That white crap isn't rust, my friend, it's preservative. That gun will clean up beautifully. And, as a very late production Springfield, it is one of the better M-1s ever made. If I had that kind of money, I MIGHT be tempted to go for it. And then again.....probably not.. Thanks again
 
tark said:
Gotcha, and thanks. That white crap isn't rust, my friend, it's preservative. That gun will clean up beautifully. And, as a very late production Springfield, it is one of the better M-1s ever made. If I had that kind of money, I MIGHT be tempted to go for it. And then again.....probably not.. Thanks again
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Ahhhhhh, but you would lose a couple grand by cleaning it up- thats the rub. :confused:

I see the white, waxy residue, but the wood is still very dry, and if you zoom in, there is definitely some rust poking through the parkerizing on the bands, op-rod, and receiver.......
 
That M1 was a great find!

Years ago Dick Wright did a piece in Precision Shooting Magazine about a Springfield 1903 in .308. A man from his hometown in Harrison Michigan kept telling Wright that he should come and see his NIB, never fired, Springfield 1903 .308. Wright said he just figured the guy did not know it was 30-06. Long story short...Wright finally did go take a look and and it was indeed a M1903 in .308....there were only 2 made by Springfield Armory. The owner insisted that Wright be the first to shoot it...after trying to talk the man out of doing that, Wright did shoot it. His comment after an afternoon of shooting..."OH MY!"
 
NIGHTLORD40K said:
Ahhhhhh, but you would lose a couple grand by cleaning it up- thats the rub. :confused:

I see the white, waxy residue, but the wood is still very dry, and if you zoom in, there is definitely some rust poking through the parkerizing on the bands, op-rod, and receiver.......
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There is!!! Not worth 5000+ bucks in my book!
 
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