How much does a brand new garand cost?

[SprayAndPray]

The title says it all but i have more questions. On springfields site it only says POR. "If you have to ask you cant afford it" or?

Who makes em? Only Springfield?

Can they be had in stainless?

What precision can be expected?

Who makes stocks for them? How much weight can be saved by changing the stock? Is it possible to mount optics?

 

[RNB65]

http://www.fulton-armory.com/

 

[righteousbarbarian]

it's very difficult to get to garand prices on that website

 

[SprayAndPray]

Is 2 grand a normal price for these rifles?

Are the rifles found on springfields site brand new?

 

[Creature]

http://www.odcmp.com/

The spring 2008 catalog is posted on the site as well.

 

[Father Knows Best]

Springfield Inc. of Illinois sells new Garands for around $1200, as I recall. Or, you can get a USGI Garand rebuilt with a new stock and barrel from places like Fulton Armory. The best deal of all was the ODCMP "Special" grade Garands that sold out in just 8 days last month. For $895, you got a Garand assembled from refinished USGI parts but with a new barrel and new Walnut stock.

 

[SprayAndPray]

Which are higher quality? About the same? I saw the refinished USGI rifles on Fulton costs more then 1200 thats why I´m asking.

 

[Gator]

Go to "The Garand Guy". A rebuilt USGI Garand is better than a "new" SA, Inc. Garand (which will have a lot of used parts on it anyway) and is cheaper.

 

[kungfuhippie]

SA new means they built it on an original receiver. No one makes a "new" garand.

Wish they did.

 

[30Cal]

The Springfield Inc rifles are built from refinished or reproduction parts on a reproduction (cast) receiver. I've been very unimpressed by the ones I've seen.

A Garand is good for 2-4 MoA typically. Mounting optics is challenging--typically high and offcenter to allow loading of the rifle (8rd clip). Stock choices are pretty limited. I think there is a synthetic Bell & Carson stock, but I have no idea as to it's weight or more importantly, it's fit.

 

[SprayAndPray]

A bit offtopic but why isnt new garands made? No one wants them anymore or is the design not that good?

 

[Rob_1975au]

The Springfield actions are made by ADI in Australia.

 

[strat81]

A bit offtopic but why isnt new garands made? No one wants them anymore or is the design not that good?

I'd guess it'd be the price. It costs a lot to tool up for gun receivers. The CMP is selling quality M1s for ~$600. A brand new, American-made, auto-loader would cost more than that. And why pay $1000+ for a rifle that is less accurate than modern counterparts (AR-15) and just as accurate as cheaper, vintage rifle? At least the CMP guns have history.

 

[ROMAK IV]

Milspec rifles cost more. To retool for hardened receivers and such would make a new rifle just that more expensive. In contrast, a vintage Garand that is milspec, is historical, and is still relatively plentiful, costs around $600. M1-A's, a copy of the US M-14, was marketable because the actual rifle wasn't for sale, since it was originally select fire. A new milspec M-14, like those made by LRB are quite a bit more expensive than a regular M1-A.

 

[kungfuhippie]

The Springfield Inc rifles are built from refinished or reproduction parts on a reproduction (cast) receiver. I've been very unimpressed by the ones I've seen.

Whoops, I must have misread that then.

 

[Gator]

A bit offtopic but why isnt new garands made? No one wants them anymore or is the design not that good?

Making a new, forged, receiver would be very expensive. And why bother? There are still plenty of excellent USGI ones out there. The Garand is more popular than ever, the CMP has sold hundreds of thousands of them just in the past few years. It is a classic rifle with an OUTSTANDING design, heck the M14 is still in service and its receiver is almost identical to an M1 Garand receiver.

 

[karlsgunbunker]

Dealer Price on a NEW M1 Garand is $1100 +/- $50

 

[SprayAndPray]

Thanks for all your input guys.

 

[30Cal]

Dealer Price on a NEW M1 Garand is $1100 +/- $50

That's a new receiver and barrel with refinished parts. Looks new though.

 

[chris in va]

Gander Mountain sells the 'new' ones for $1700. Ouch.

 

[drmsparks]

Stick with CMP. You have to jump through some hoops to get one (very minor) but it's worth it, and some of the hoops (specifically shooting in a cmp match) are fun. The Garand Collectors association (GCA) for $25 is a great club for qualifying and you get a good magazine as well with lot'sa garand info.

Heres a $595 service grade and a $895 special.



I'd recommend the service grade myself. You can attach a note with your order letting them know you plan on shooting the rifle in matches and they will take care of you. The stock may need some work (or you can get a brand new stock from CMP) but the mechanics will be primo.

 

[Nomad101bc]

Only reason I would buy a garand is for the clicking noise it makes after you fire the last round.

 

[Gator]

Clicking noise? Better see a gunsmith about that.

BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM...PING!

 

[Neo-Luddite]

So far, demand has been satisfied by the fact that many solid examples still survive and the durability over time of the original receivers won't be fully determined or properly studied for another century or two. It wasn't built for lucre and wasn't made by the lowest bidding contractor. Some have been rebuilt many times over and will soldier on for A VERY LONG TIME to come.
They need barrels and gas systems like cars need tires and tune-ups over time--but the forged receivers came at a moment where design and metalurgy were in synch. I greatly respect SA in Genesseo--but would not want a 'new' M-1 when one from H&R, Win, or SA (Mass.) was available.