A real Garand dilema

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Ok, here is the story. Last year I purchased a new Kimber Pro Carry. This after much scrimping and saving and laying out the ground wrok with my wife. My goal since then has been to get set up with a Dillon 550b reloader and all the necessary equipment to be somewhat self reliant with ammo.

Fast forward to this year. I have my heart set on a CMP Garand. Now I can get the Service Grade for about $500 plus.

The question is this. Do I get the Dillon, with the stuff to do 30-06 plus 45, and defer the Garand until next year or take the money and get the Garand and defer the Dillon until next year...

any thoughts?
 
This probably belongs in the GD forum, but I'll leave it here for now.


I'd say get the Dillon now and you can shoot more in the time being.
 
Steve,
Thanks for your reply. I probably should have put it in the GD forum, please feel free to move it.
 
Get the Garand now. Next year, somebody may have passed another law calling the Garand an assault rifle and limiting sales.
 
Get the Garand. You can always buy cheap ammo until you can reload. As much as I enjoy reloading, I enjoy shooting more. ;)
 
On further consdideration, I change my "vote." Get the Garand and some surplus ammo. Please learn to shoot it from positon. I would rather have another Rifleman amongst my ranks than another handloader...though we need them too.
 
by the time you account for all the hardware and the TIME spent reloading

its a wash on the economy $cale

as a hobby to occupy time, its a pleasing past time for many.

Your wife might prefer you to buy the rifle
and spend the reloading time doing something with her

;)

by the time you get all the doodads, benches and brass,
a reloading set up is going to cost you 500 bucks

you can buy over 2000 rounds of FIOCCHI .45 for 500 bucks...
 
I'd also have to say go with the Garand for precisely the reasons mentioned about supply and demand.

Though with our federal government reloading is likely to be just as evil as guns in the next year or so.

Million Mommie: "But these 'gun nuts' reload their own ammunition to deadly power."
 
Get the Garand. There are a finite number available at the prices the CMP sells them at. They are a STEAL from the CMP!

If you appreciate the M1, you MUST own one. It is a MORAL IMPERATIVE. You can get the Dillon any time.
 
I'll be the lone dissenter - spend your money on something other than a CMP Garand.

The Garand is a fine rifle, but the ones the CMP is selling have been around the block a time or two. Or three. Or four.

They've probably had barrels shot out and replaced repeatedly, been dumped into - and out of - trucks, halftracks, and ships, been taken apart and put back together with mismatched parts, shot with corrosive ammo and not cleaned, etc. Stocks may be split, sights may be loose . . .

In short, the recent $500 CMP Garands I've seen have not been in very impressive condition. When the CMP calls them "serviceable" it means they should function with milspec ball ammo and they're unlikely to blow up in your face, but that's about it.

Now, if you want a CMP Garand because it's a piece of history, and your collection needs one, and you're willing to spend $500 for one sight unseen, great. Go for it. Maybe you'll get lucky and get one that's a cut above the average in condition. And there has to be a little satisfaction at having the U. S. Government ship a rifle right to your door.

But don't be too surprised if the rifle you receive looks like a beaten dog.
 
On further consdideration, I change my "vote." Get the Garand and some surplus ammo. Please learn to shoot it from positon. I would rather have another Rifleman amongst my ranks than another handloader...though we need them too.
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I think that I will do this. I have been "piece mealing" the Dillon set up and I can do that still and even though I might not get a chance to shoot the Garand that much, I still would like to have it before another stupid law is passed.
 
Get the Garand. Dillon will always be making reloaders, but no one is making USGI Garands anymore and the CMP's supply is finite. The CMP is about due for another price increase sometime soon as well.

Stick with the Service Grade option. Stay away from the Rack Grade guns unless you specifically plan to rebarrel the rifle.
 
Ever go to a gun show and see what they want for CMP papered Garands? Second hand reloading equipment usually doesn`t go up in value.
 
Get the Garand. Dillion isn't likely to go out of business in the coming year. CMP could be legislated out of existance TOMORROW.
 
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