bigdogpete
Member
There is a down side to all of this. It can be contagious. One might not be enough. It wasn't for me.
CMP M1 Garand
- Thread starter Flash!
- Start date
- Status
carbine85
Member
Rifle looks good, now get rid of that scout scope and go back with the wood.
That looks like a replacement birch stock. Is it cartouched anywhere?
That looks like a replacement birch stock. Is it cartouched anywhere?
tahunua001
Member
it's a CMP special so it is a new stock from them, the only one they list is walnut so it must just be the light.
This is correct. It is the walnut stock. Besides the lighting, it has had three coats of oil applied to it, which doesn't really lighten it, but does add a gloss that is reflecting the light, and makes it seem lighter in the picture than it really is.
The scope stays. It is a concession to my aging eyes (as well as a crutch for shooting cross eye dominant). Sorry if it upsets the aesthetics of some, but I bought the gun to shoot, not just look at.
1KPerDay
Member
Nice!
The oil lightened it a little, but the picture makes it seem lighter than it really is. Is yours unfinished? What I got was a very dry dark walnut stock. Nicely stained, but very dry. So I put a few (three) coats of oil on it to give it a more finished appearance. I'm happy with it, even if the picture doesn't do it justice. Here's the same picture, with the brightness toned down a bit, that seems a little closer to its actual appearance:
Reloadron
Contributing Member
baz, real nice rifle you have there. Hope you enjoy it for many, many rounds down range.
Ron
Ron
Flash!
Member
A pic of my new to me service grade HRA M1 Garand.... I think the CMP really treated me right.....
Ignition Override
Member
You guys' excellent Garand photos make my mouth water, and inspire me to wait not much longer for a drive to Anniston, for a second M-1.
The wood on those rifles looks very nice, no matter which color.
The wood on those rifles looks very nice, no matter which color.
leadcounsel
member
Get rid of the scout scope? Why?
Yup, Garands are like Lays(r) potato chips.
tahunua001
Member
lead counsel,
awesome tiger stripe stock. you hit the jackpot there. always have wanted to find a good with nice tiger wood but never have.
awesome tiger stripe stock. you hit the jackpot there. always have wanted to find a good with nice tiger wood but never have.
P5 Guy
Member
From the days of the $295 Greek Rack Grades woefully long gone. The price not the rifles.
Last edited:
tahunua001
Member
P5 guy, did your greek M1s have all the cartouches gouged out? my M1 I got had the cartouches defaced and the only explanation Iv'e heard is that it may have been a loaner to greece and they might have done it. any truth to it?
It was my pic the comment was about, and I just assumed that carbine85 likes his Garands to be traditional in appearance. But other than the receiver, my Garand has no pretensions to being original (and even the receiver is from '54, I think, so it is hardly a war relic). It has new wood and a new barrel chambered in .308. As I said in reply, I got it to use it, and to use it, I need the scope. While the scout mount is probably the easiest way to get a scope on a Garand, I happen to prefer the scout mount and have several other rifles configured in such fashion. Not all like the scout mount, and that's fine with me. It's a free country, and everyone is entitled to their opinion. By the way, the Garand had something to do with that.
It was my pic the comment was about, and I just assumed that carbine85 likes his Garands to be traditional in appearance. But other than the receiver, my Garand has no pretensions to being original (and even the receiver is from '54, I think, so it is hardly a war relic). It has new wood and a new barrel chambered in .308. As I said in reply, I got it to use it, and to use it, I need the scope. While the scout mount is probably the easiest way to get a scope on a Garand, I happen to prefer the scout mount and have several other rifles configured in such fashion. Not all like the scout mount, and that's fine with me. It's a free country, and everyone is entitled to their opinion. By the way, the Garand had something to do with that.
I just need a cheek riser.
Anybody have suggestions for a cheek riser or similar to get a better cheek weld with the scout scope mounted?
From the days of the $295 Greek Rack Grades woefully long gone. The price not the rifles.
I bought several of the Greek Rack HRAs for "bad bores". Every single one of them cleaned up to SG criteria, and I had a lot of fun practicing cleaning/refinishing Garand stocks.
Wish I'd bought more and kept 'em as projects!
If you are shooting right handed, and you are left eye dominant, you don't need a cheek riser.
I do just that. I shoot right handed, but sight with my left eye. And because of the tilt I need to line my left eye up to see through the scope, I actually get a good cheek weld that way. Some people consider this odd, but I've been shooting this way for decades. But assuming you are shooting right handed, and the right eye is dominant, then my approach doesn't work, and I cannot really help you. Good luck with the search for a cheek riser.
If you are shooting right handed, and you are left eye dominant, you don't need a cheek riser.
But assuming you are shooting right handed, and the right eye is dominant, then my approach doesn't work, and I cannot really help you. Good luck with the search for a cheek riser.
Right handed, Right eye dominant.
- Status
