Should I sell my vz and get a Garand?

[chris in va]

Like you, the AK platform just didn't do it for me and I sold it for an AR. That being said I shoot my $450 CMP Garand more than my AR.

I see you plan to keep the VZ, good call. Quality rifle.

Save your 30-06 brass. Pick it up and any other brass you find. Reloading for the cartridge is quite cost effective, even if you don't plan to reload right away.

 

[shafter]

Quote:
Originally Posted by shafter
I would sell almost anything to get a Garand.
(rhetorical questions, not directed at you) Do you go out for coffee? Breakfast? Lunch? Do you pay for cable TV? How much do you spend on soda a month?

Not trying to be inflammatory... but a lot of people don't realize how quickly they could save $600 with a few sacrifices.
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I made that comment meaning a Garand is more desireable to me than most other rifles. That being said I have 2 on order from the CMP

 

[savage116]

I ordered two last week from CMP despite never having handled one in person. I watched q couple of documentaries around the rifle itself and that sealed the deal Another forum member just ordered 12 Garands. If not for the history, purchase it as an investment. The supply is not going to last forever.

You say purchase as an investment. I understand the prices are going up and the supplies aren't what they used to be. When I see people purchasing large numbers of guns and saying they are investments it kind of bothers me. I just turned 18 and would really like to purchase an M1 garand but right now I just can't afford it. I plan on saving to purchase one ASAP. I can understand if you are collecting certain grades, or makes or years but to just order a pile of them to have as an investment. That doesn't really give younger people a chance at reasonable prices when people are sitting on piles of them.

 

[shafter]

Better to have them in the hands of a fellow gunlover even if he plans to sit on them that to leave them on the shelves until the day Uncle Sam decides they're worth more as scrap.

 

[savage116]

Shafter, you do have a good point that I never considered.

 

[Cesiumsponge]

You say purchase as an investment. I understand the prices are going up and the supplies aren't what they used to be. When I see people purchasing large numbers of guns and saying they are investments it kind of bothers me. I just turned 18 and would really like to purchase an M1 garand but right now I just can't afford it. I plan on saving to purchase one ASAP. I can understand if you are collecting certain grades, or makes or years but to just order a pile of them to have as an investment. That doesn't really give younger people a chance at reasonable prices when people are sitting on piles of them.

Unfair? Save your pennies and buy guns. I'm in my 20's and I don't drive a sports car or have a huge house. I've invested my fun money into firearms instead. Should I stop buying gold and silver, or stop buying shares of stock because it drives up scarcity?

Buying power sucks when you're young. This can be fixed to some degree with hard work, making sacrifices, and good investments. Such is life. I looked hard and found a good-paying job during high school, full-time summers, because I felt earning some spending money was more important than partying. That sacrifice paid off for schooling and also left a crapload money for guns when I turned 18 and 21, and when the AWB eventually expired.

I missed out in Winchester Garands, collector and correct grade Garands. Who's fault is that? Mine! Don't blame others for your current situation. This isn't the Occupy Wallstreet forums. I missed out on a lot of other collector firearms but I kept an eye out and jumped aboard other opportunities. There's always something out there.