Gator
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Second thoughts? Buying an M1 from the CMP is one of the best gun buys you will ever make. Neither the rack nor service grades have shot out barrels. The service grades will have less wear, but the rack grades will still have lots of life left in them.
As to this:
I think you are misremembering. Birch was not used until long after WWII ended, and then only for replacement stocks. Maybe what they said was that birch was not used until after the war ended. No new M1 Garands ever came from SA, WRA, H&R, or IHC with birch stocks.
As to this:
Both stated about the same thing that Birch stocks were pretty standard after the war started because walnut was in short supply
I think you are misremembering. Birch was not used until long after WWII ended, and then only for replacement stocks. Maybe what they said was that birch was not used until after the war ended. No new M1 Garands ever came from SA, WRA, H&R, or IHC with birch stocks.