CMP m1 Garand

[peyton]

Wait for it, wait for it, PING!!! I shot my first deer with an M-1 Garand!!

 

[Ruger745]

If you are interested, I can meet you at the North Store and help you pick out a nice one. The rifles the CMP is getting right now are AMAZING! I go to the North Store on a regular basis. Not only have I gotten rifles in like new condition, I have gotten AP-M2, the best price on 30-06 in the country, Oneida bayonets and a Kimber Model 82. My most recent rifle is a Winchester M1 with lock bar sights. The CMP is a Government organization. You can't go wrong in my humble opinion. The North Store is located at Camp Perry in Sandusky Ohio.

Thanks for the offer, if only I didn't live in Colorado

 

[Ruger745]

@TIMC
Wow, she sure is a beauty

 

[Ruger745]

Thought I would through a pic in for Ruger. Heres the H&R service grade I received last month from CMP. All H&R metal, new birch stock. Shoots great. Just ask the guys at the tuesday lunch hour get together at the range. I'm all most thru a box of greek ammo.

Looks brand new. For the price, I'd rather buy one of those than a brand new Remington 700, Winchester 70 etc.

 

[Ruger745]

I'm a big fan of the CMP. I have several CMP M-1 Garands and I've yet to be disappointed.

You'll find the info you need at the CMP website at www.odcmp.org
I wrote a couple articles on buying a CMP Garand for my Michigan Firearms Examiner page. You may also find them useful:

How to purchase a M-1 Garand from the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP)

A look at the best CMP M-1 Garand choices available

Thanks for the links. I was able to find a lot of places that affiliated with them

 

[Ruger745]

@plodder
Out of curiosity, how has the Greek ammo been when you've used it?

 

[Orlando]

Its nothing more than good boxer primed, non corrosive surplus, nothing outstanding but good. Not anything better to be found as far as surplus M2 Ball

 

[Ruger745]

If you want clips just buy a tin of of surplus stuff from them that comes in clips.

I had one from the CMP and I sold it this past week because I lean more for the shotgun.

But I got the service grade for $595 and it was worth much more than that.

Only place I would buy sight un seen.

Thanks for the info, I didn't notice that they sold en bloc clips themselves. That's great to know that you can trust them that much to buy sight unseen.

 

[Ruger745]

Rugar....I'm afraid I have to echo everyone else .so far. I have several CMP service grades, a correct grade H&R and a field grade which turned out to be couple of parts short from being WWII correct. The field grade has the weakest barrel. I. I picked this rifle up at the north store in 07 while at Perry. These M1's are the real deal, not re-welds with no soul. These rifles have history. Most of the M-1's I've seen for sale are either former CMP rifles or fakes. Jumping through the CMP paper work hoops can be dis-hearting at times but completion is fulfillment. When your rifle arrives it is better than any Christmas you've had.

You must have read my mind, this may be a Christmas present to myself this year. Glad to hear that about their condition, that's living history right in your hands.

 

[Ruger745]

Do your paper work to become legal to buy from the CMP. If you can make it to either North or South Store go. If you are too far away forget Field Grades. You could get a peach but more likely a dog. The safest mail order bet is a Service Grade Special or Special Grade. I believe $899 SGS or $999 SP GR. These rifles are as close to new as an M1 comes. A service grade at $600 will always be a shootable and sometimes pristine rifle but no promises. I have bought 15-20 from CMP and just love the in store experience but worth the extra couple hundy to get the grades above if going mail order..JMHO

$1,000 doesn't seem too bad as nice as these rifles seem to be

 

[Ruger745]

Its nothing more than good boxer primed, non corrosive surplus, nothing outstanding but good. Not anything better to be found as far as surplus M2 Ball

That's great to know. I've used some factory loaded ammo in the past (WWB, Remington, and Blazer) that really got my rifle dirty and turned me onto reloading.

 

[Ruger745]

To buy from the CMP you will need the proper paperwork. USA birth certificate,proof of membership in an affiliated gun club,range certification and the notarized form that you are a US citizen and not a felon ect.
You can't go wrong on a CMP service grade for $595+22.95 shipped to your door and if you have some extra cash $1100 a correct grade is a great value too for a 100% original post WWII M1 garand.

Here's a HRA service grade I hand picked from the north store last fall. Now this is above the normal service grades availabe and closer to a collecotor grade but it just shows how nice the service grades are from the CMP at this time. This one had a lot of cosmoline on it and looked like you didn't want to touch it, but I did and I'm darn glad too.

Most service grades now have replacement birch stocks that are very nice but some don't like them because they're not USGI wood.

Just look at the minimal wear on the bolt,lugs,gas cylinder ect.

I'm simply amazed at the condition of these rifles, nothing like the used M1 carbines you see on the used rack. The stock looks brand spankin' new as well.

 

[Ruger745]

Does anybody have decent info on how much longer they will receive Garands from overseas, compared to past quantities/frequencies?
I hope to buy my second this summer, but maybe a year later the prices will go up a good bit due to very limited foreign supplies?

It's really too bad that the huge Navy weapons (WW1, WW2-) storage facility in a certain US state can't furnish their rifles to the CMP....
My gun guru met a guy who works there, and the concern might be that they are better off stored and inaccessible, versus in the hands of Feinstein/Schumer etc.

Does this mean that some of their rifles are not originals made here in the US, or do they just have a storage depot overseas?

 

[Ruger745]

@orlando
Haha yeah, may have just take a look at one or two

 

[stonecutter2]

Does this mean that some of their rifles are not originals made here in the US, or do they just have a storage depot overseas?

The CMP gets its rifles from stores of weapons that were lent to countries and then returned (the latest batch is from Greece, so I've heard).

Greece was apparently quite gentle on some of these rifles, in particular I heard the Greek air force Garands are in fantastic shape.

The CMP rifles (well, receivers) are US made, and the parts can be mixmaster parts from various manufacturers - SA, H&R, Winchester, BMB (Italian).

When you buy an "SA Service Grade" you're getting a Springfield Armory receiver, and then parts of any manufacture. Sometimes they have parts matching the manufacturer, sometimes not, but these rifles were made to function with interchangeable parts.

The CMP will give you a rifle that is fully functional - if not, contact them and they'll make it right.

The ammo you can order on their e-store is the 192rd in .30 cal ammo cans - it will have rounds already in en bloc clips, and in bandoliers. Ready to take to the range and shoot.

Here is my H&R Service Grade that I ordered last year:

 

[Ruger745]

@stonecutter2
Absolutely stunning that's a beautiful rifle as well. Thanks for the info, I think I read a while back that there was a ban on importing M1 garands that were either made in, or in storage in Korea and that had me kind of iffy on these for a little bit.

 

[Double Vision]

Another CMP M1 Garand fan here. One stop shopping.
Be careful, it could develop into a serious addiction. In a very good way.
Good luck!

 

[PCGS65]

Stonecutter that's another gem!!

 

[P-32]

Out of curiosity, how has the Greek ammo been when you've used it?

Rugar, I have found the Greek '06 M-2 ball to be better shooting than the later Lake City. When I shot The John C. Garand match at the Nationals at Perry in 2007, the issue ammo was Greek. I have stored a couple of cans of Greek M-2.