M1 Garand - Questions/Concerns
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You dont need any so called high tech gun grease. Any wheel bearing grease is overkill for the Garand.
IMO the M1 Garand Collectors Club is a much better deal than the GCA. If you join the GCA its $25 and your memebership is only good for 4 months as their membership runs Sept-Sept no matter when you join http://www.m1collectorsclub.com/
The M1 Collectors Club is $14 and runs for a full year from the day you join. No quasrterly magazine but a good cheap way of fullfilling Club Membership. Just like the GCA they will forward Club Membership details directly to CMP or you can join one of the CMP stores
IMO the M1 Garand Collectors Club is a much better deal than the GCA. If you join the GCA its $25 and your memebership is only good for 4 months as their membership runs Sept-Sept no matter when you join http://www.m1collectorsclub.com/
The M1 Collectors Club is $14 and runs for a full year from the day you join. No quasrterly magazine but a good cheap way of fullfilling Club Membership. Just like the GCA they will forward Club Membership details directly to CMP or you can join one of the CMP stores
As I already stated in my post the M1 Collectors Club will send your club info directly to CMP as soon as you join, just as the GCA does
Dont get me wrong the GCA is a good way to fullfill membership portion of qualifications and their quarterly publication is nice but having to pay full price for a few months of membership I dont think is a very good deal, especially when the M1CC is $11 cheaper and you get a full year.
I would rather save $$$ and spend it on ammo
Dont get me wrong the GCA is a good way to fullfill membership portion of qualifications and their quarterly publication is nice but having to pay full price for a few months of membership I dont think is a very good deal, especially when the M1CC is $11 cheaper and you get a full year.
I would rather save $$$ and spend it on ammo
CapnMac
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If you are starting out, buy the ammo in bandoliers, these will have en bloc clips included. The last Market Hall show I went to, they were selling en bloc for about 75¢ each, or 10 for $5; I've seen them mail-order as high as $1 each (which is absurd).
But, I'm biased in this, i remember when it was about 50 per dollar, and you had to take a bag-full, as nobody wanted to load them back up again. That, and I bought a nail keg once, for all of $10, and found it was chock-full. i probably still have too many, even having given them away in handfuls.
But, I'm biased in this, i remember when it was about 50 per dollar, and you had to take a bag-full, as nobody wanted to load them back up again. That, and I bought a nail keg once, for all of $10, and found it was chock-full. i probably still have too many, even having given them away in handfuls.
Last time I looked, CMP doesn't have any clipped ammo available and is having a contractor produce new clips for them (the clips will be available in a couple of months).
Going to a range with an M1 Garand is a hoot! Everyone comes over to look at what you are shooting. I usually offer to let people shoot a clip through it if they want. Last time it was a guy still in college, a recent vet and an old DI who learned to shoot in the Marines with one.
Going to a range with an M1 Garand is a hoot! Everyone comes over to look at what you are shooting. I usually offer to let people shoot a clip through it if they want. Last time it was a guy still in college, a recent vet and an old DI who learned to shoot in the Marines with one.
Hey all,
Just thought I'd give this thread an update. I received my M1 Garand in the mail about a week ago. It has a WWII S/N, with wood and metal in great shape. The stock is almost certainly a recent replacement, might be birch, but I'm no expert. Work is keeping me from giving the rifle the attention it deserves, but I'll be giving it a thorough cleaning and inspection as soon as I'm able.
Pics below.
Date of Manufacture: September 1944
TE/MW: 2/2
Current plan is to strip the small components with a de-greaser and immediately treat with WD-40, although the rifle does not outwardly appear to be greasy or covered in cosmo. I'll probably use some Hoppe's solvent on the barrel, treat the wood with Tung Oil and Gunny Wax, and finish up with some Mobil 1 grease / Hoppe's no.9 oil for all proscribed lubrication.
Thoughts on that are welcome, of course. Thanks for supporting this thread!
Just thought I'd give this thread an update. I received my M1 Garand in the mail about a week ago. It has a WWII S/N, with wood and metal in great shape. The stock is almost certainly a recent replacement, might be birch, but I'm no expert. Work is keeping me from giving the rifle the attention it deserves, but I'll be giving it a thorough cleaning and inspection as soon as I'm able.
Pics below.
Date of Manufacture: September 1944
TE/MW: 2/2
Current plan is to strip the small components with a de-greaser and immediately treat with WD-40, although the rifle does not outwardly appear to be greasy or covered in cosmo. I'll probably use some Hoppe's solvent on the barrel, treat the wood with Tung Oil and Gunny Wax, and finish up with some Mobil 1 grease / Hoppe's no.9 oil for all proscribed lubrication.
Thoughts on that are welcome, of course. Thanks for supporting this thread!
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Ignition Override
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Congratulations.
My action # is 580xxxx and is the last of the SA series.
Your wood is much nicer than mine, but the friend who bought it for me found one of the best bores at Camp Perry, in July '10.
This friend has contacts inside the CMP, from his previous days on the Navy Marks. Team.
Two years ago certain guys helping out at the Camp Perry store could actually fish around, and swap components for others that certainly will never match, but result in a given rifle having all H&R, SA etc parts. That's a nice boost to the collectors' value.
My action # is 580xxxx and is the last of the SA series.
Your wood is much nicer than mine, but the friend who bought it for me found one of the best bores at Camp Perry, in July '10.
This friend has contacts inside the CMP, from his previous days on the Navy Marks. Team.
Two years ago certain guys helping out at the Camp Perry store could actually fish around, and swap components for others that certainly will never match, but result in a given rifle having all H&R, SA etc parts. That's a nice boost to the collectors' value.
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I bought a Service Grade SA at the South Store a couple of months ago. Many were all correct except the bolt, and several in CMP wood. Almost all were TE 2, MW 1 and gauged less when checked.
I would hit the CMP forums and find someone making a trip to the store to pick one out for you. I'd volunteer but it's going to be several months before I'm in that area and my knowledge is basic at best.
I would hit the CMP forums and find someone making a trip to the store to pick one out for you. I'd volunteer but it's going to be several months before I'm in that area and my knowledge is basic at best.
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