A real Garand dilema

[Stevie-Ray]

GARAND! Probably because I want one so badly. I might as well be vicariously happy through yours.

Hell, I've even thought of stocking up on surplus .30-06 and clips, on the off chance I might find one I can't live without................

 

[Gator]

Get the Garand!!!

Here's a pic of my latest CMP Garand:

It's a 5.9 Million SA with original barrel (TE of slightly over one, ME of slightly less than one) and it dosen't get much better than that! It looks like it was carried some, but hardly ever fired.

I also volunteered at CMP South recently and examined many M1's; there are some real beauties waiting to be sent out. You can't lose if you get a CMP Garand, it will be a functional rifle and a piece of American history.

 

[BamBam-31]

If the CMP barrel's shot out and/or eroded, re-barrel to .308!

(Nomex undies on!!)

Go ahead, nay away. Wait'll Swampy gets here....

 

[Jmurman]

It's a 5.9 Million SA with original barrel (TE of slightly over one, ME of slightly less than one)

What does the "TE" and "ME" mean?

 

[Rock45]

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

Ha Ha...3 presses (and a new bench to accomadate them) later...pretty sure we've got WAY more $$ than that tied up in reloading.

But, it's still a load of fun!

 

[riverdog]

What does the "TE" and "ME" mean?

TE= Throat Erosion (TE=~1 is probably a new barrel)
ME=Muzzle Erosion (usually you simply hear that the muzzle is tight)

 

[Gator]

Thanks Riverdog!

If you get a CMP Service Grade Garand you will not get one with a worn out barrel. The throat erosion (TE) will be less than five on a USGI TE gage and the muzzle will gage at less than three. Throat erosion occurs whenever a round is fired and is used as a rough judge of the condition of the barrel. USGI gages go from one to ten, and the erosion will increase by roughly one increment every thousand rounds. When TE reaches ten the barrel is declared unserviceable. Muzzle wear, or erosion, is caused by cleaning from the muzzle, and has a much greater impact on accuracy than TE. The muzzle gage I use is from Fulton Armory, a reading of "0" is .300, "1" is .301, etc., etc. Service grade rifles would have been issued to the troops.

 

[cracked butt]

Here's the 'dog' of a Garand I recently received from CMP that has probably been run over by a tank, dropped in the ocean, and has had its stock used as sledge hammer
Sure its mismatched, has a new looking barrel, isn't a correct WWII piece, in fact it was made well after WWII, but its still a GARAND and a good shooter as well.

 

[cracked butt]

Oops, got a little carried away and forgot to mention- get the Garand, they don't make them anymore like they used to, and when CMP runs out they won't be priced the way they used to when you have to buy one on the open market. I don't see Dillon going out of business anywhere in the near future, their reloaders will still be available when the Garands are not.