An M1 Garand at a Gun Show

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I went to a show today for the first time in years. It was actually pretty good. Lot of tables, lot of dealers, and lots of attendees.

Saw some nice deals, some some laughable ones (beat up Inland M1 Carbine for 900...I can pass).

Saw one that made me wonder. Saw a guy selling an M1 Garand, that looked pristine. He did not get it through CMP, and from the basic check I did looked seldom used. He wanted $650. (Had I brought that much to spend, I probably would have bargained down and jumped, I passed, and yes, I know I likely missed a great bargain for a good shooter).

My question is this, did someone make M1 Garand remakes after the war? If so, what are they worth?
 
Re-welds, re-imports, Lend-Lease returns, Stolen GI vet bringback, DCM sales for many years before CMP, DOD police sale, etc.

In short, there are any number of ways a like new M-1 could surface at a gun show.

Regardless, if it was what you think it was, you passed up a steal.

rcmodel
 
My question is this, did someone make M1 Garand remakes after the war? If so, what are they worth?
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Garands were manufactured into the mid-'50s (after all, it was our standard rifle until the M14 was adopted.)

I went through Basic and Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, LA, in late 1962, and we trained with the Garand, BAR and M1919A6 machinegun. The next cycle after mine got the M14s and M60s.

Garands were also re-built -- most of them several times.

In addition, Springfield (the company, not the arsenal) did produce a run of Garands a few years back.
 
Don't forget the Century Arms manufactured ones around 2000-ish. They were new Century manufactured receivers built up with parts that were originally from Garands we sold to the Danish after WWII (the original rifles had to be de-milled in order for us to re-import the parts--thanks to 18USC925(d)(3)), as well as new stocks. They sold for about $450 "New" in box. Some were good shooters, but many had reliability problems due to Century's utter lack of quality control in the manufacturing process.
 
Gun Show Garands

I went to two gun shows the past month, and at both I found Garands in the $600-$750 range.

Some looked okay, but were obvious rebuilds, and some were dinged to heck.

One even had the scope mount and scope, that is fitted onto the rear sight somehow? Guy said he would take $600 cash OTD for it.

SOG has some New Arrival Garands on their website for $695.

http://www.southernohiogun.com/new.htm
 
SOG has some New Arrival Garands on their website for $695.
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Please, please...if anyone wants an M1 DO NOT buy one from SOG, it will sour you on a fantastic rifle. Get one from the CMP for less money; it will be in incomparably better condition and will only increase in value. The CMP rejected the ones SOG is selling as not even suitable for parts scavenging.
 
isnt "Springfield Armory" ( the business, not the real Arsenal) still making new production Garands
 
Weren't there also some South Korean M1's that made it into the US, or am I thinking about something else?

Jason
 
The United States gave M1s to the Koreans (and to many other nations.) Many of these nations refurbished these rifles as they wore out, and therefore developed the capability of making parts.

The Italians made the BM 59 -- essentially a magazine-fed version of the Garand.
 
isnt "Springfield Armory" ( the business, not the real Arsenal) still making new production Garands
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Last time I visited the Springfield Armory website, the M1 Garand was nowhere to be seen. I'd guess it's been discontinued, but I could be wrong.
 
I got a 1943 Springfield Garand from a gun show. New wood -- reconditioned, "accurized" for CMP competition. New wood is actually pretty easy to find. Lots of the Garands were completely arsenal re-fitted. It's rare to find a Garand with "matching parts."

$600 for mine at the gun show, maybe 8 yrs ago.
 
My first M1 was a Springfield 4.2 million serial range from the DCM and I also paid $165 plus $12.00 shipping.
I had to wait eleven months before they shipped the rifle.
It was worth the wait and I still own that rifle.
 
This was a few years ago and I have no proof, so feel free to disregard my comment. However, if anyone is thinking of buying an M1 from SOG, they should at least Google "SOG M1s" and read the many comments on many different gun boards from unhappy customers. This isn't anything new, SOG has been flogging these for awhile now and their condition is widely known.
 
I also got a Springfield and a H&R in the sixties from DCM for $158.
With the postage, that would be about the same price as yours.
A Winchester carbine and a 1911A1 from the same source for $20
each. A 1903 A3 in excellent condition and an A4 that is unfired
were $14.50 each. Ah for the good old days. With the exception
of the 45, 1911 A1 (about good condition) the rest were in better
average condition than the majority of the CMP stuff.:)
 
Here's the deal -- (taking my hat off to show reverence) --

Garand is a battle rifle, an honored and sacred one. You need to read up on them, figure out what they're about. Then shop around. Look for a good one, something "special."

"Special" means more than price. Get one with a pedigree . . . some history.

I found a 1943 PAL bayo to match my 1943 Springfield. That's a nice touch.

There are web sites which provide serial number and year ID.

When you find a "collectable" realize that you have a heirloom which will stay with you and be passed down through your family for generations to follow.

It's that much of a "big deal."
 
isnt "Springfield Armory" ( the business, not the real Arsenal) still making new production Garands
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No.... The supply of Danish parts kits, which is where they got everything except the receiver, barrel, and wood for their "new" M1 rifles.... has dried up. All gone.

Best,
Swampy

Garands forever
 
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isnt "Springfield Armory" ( the business, not the real Arsenal) still making new production Garands

No.... The supply of Danish parts kits, which is where they got everything except the receiver, barrel, and wood for their "new" M1 rifles.... has dried up. All gone.
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I got one of the "new" Springfield Armory m-1" a few years ago. I knew it had a new receiver and stock and barrel, and that they used other parts that were in spec. That said it is a fine rifle, totally reliable. I can load a clip with empty cases, and cycle the bolt by hand as fast as possible and it will feed those empties as slick as loaded ammo.

Accuracy is good at least for my 63 year old eyes with problems, lots of floaters due to detached viterous humor, and probably the softest, sweetest shooting 30-06 I have.
 
The Italians (Beretta and Breda) made Garands on Winchester machinery / technical package provided to them by the USG after WWII. Later, Beretta revised the design to be magazine-fed for the 7.62 NATO cartridge - the BM59 is that model.

I have seen Danish marked surplus Beretta and the very rare Breda mfgr Garands in Canada. I own a Beretta Garand that was supposedly born in the same year I was - 1955.
 
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