Thinking of Selling my M1 Garand

[cfullgraf]

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I don't particularly enjoy reloading for it and I don't shoot it very much because of this. Do you think it's worth keeping as an investment piece or just unload it and get something more interesting out of it? Talk me out of it.

Only you can decide whether to keep or sell. What ever rings your bell.

I'd keep it. It does not take up much room. It would be fun to shoot once in a while and expose others to the historical mystique of a Garand. Keeping a 50 or100 rounds on hand does not take up much space. If reloading is a drudgery, a gas relief plug could be used or buy Hornady or Federal Garand safe ammunition.

 

[sjdude]

Keep it. It doesn't take up that much space, and once you sell it you'll probably never get another a chance to own one. If you really hate reloading for it, the CMP has some surplus M2 ball in stock right now. Good luck!

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Do you think it's worth keeping as an investment piece or just unload it and get something more interesting out of it? Talk me out of it.

Mike, I had 3 M1 Garands and sadly sold 2 of them. I thank goodness I didn't sell all 3 and I wish I did have one of those 2 I sold back.

If you are not in desperate need of the money I recommend you keep the M1 even if you don't think you will shoot it now. Some time in the future you are going to want that rifle back but it will be long gone. CMP is running out of M1 rifles and there doesn't seem to be another supply available anywhere in the world to replace their stock. They are going to become harder to find and of course rise in price.

Spray the rifle up with some G96, wrap it up and store it away for when you decide the M1 is cool again. All IMO of course...

 

[agtman]

It's an interesting rifle, obviously it has the very cool historical aspect about it, but shooting it just doesn't do it for me like with other rifles. I've gotten a little more pragmatic about shooting with age. What was a piece of history to me before now is a powder hungry semi auto that throws brass into oz and uses those ever more expensive .308 projectiles. Plus I do not find it to be anything terribly special in the accuracy department. * * *

Dude, it's not a bench rest rifle, and unless you or some previous owner trashed the barrel (e.g., damaged the muzzle crown), it will be more accurate than you are and certainly "combat accurate," which was the level of accuracy it was intended to provide the GIs humping it.

Would you sell a piece of Omaha Beach?

Even if you never shoot it again, clean your M1 thoroughly, grease it up, and keep it in your family as the piece of storied, blood-soaked history and the much-needed teaching aid that it is.

 

[skidooman603]

10:11 PM #25
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While M1Key missed the $0.28/rd HXP Greek M2 from CMP, a $36 adjustable gas plug gives the ability to shoot any .30-06 from your M1 Garand. I prefer surplus M2 Ball but handloads (47-48gr IMR 4895) work just fine. I also have two Schuster adjustable gas plugs. Research and study help...and I have all four of my Garands (2 correct grade($950 ea.), 1 ea. Spl Grade HRA and SA ($750 ea.) still in my safe. I noted today that M1 Garands sell for $1,800 at Cabela's and Corrects at $1,500 on CMP's auction site...I'm salivatatin'.

LOL,

FH

You can no longer buy corrects at CMP..As a matter of a fact CMP is nearly shot and not nearly the organization they once were..No longer is furthering advancement of Marksmanship their mission statement..It is now all about putting on huge regional matches where they treat the shooters like cattle and bank the $

 

[Kailuaflyer]

Take it once more and shoot it. If at the end you still feel the same way then sell it. If by chance you remember how you felt when you first shot it, by all means keep it.

To me a Garand represents a time when both Ametica, and the world, saw it as a symbol of sacrifice and freedom.

Not to mention, the Garand meets all the requirements, NOT, to be restricted if any stupid form of gun control is passed.

 

[W.E.G.]

Take it out and SHOOT IT at a Garand match.

You might find an affection for that rifle yet.

There's more fun to be had than you know.

 

[Homerboy]

I keep a file of all the guns I ever owned. I have sold probably 20 guns to buy other guns that struck my fancy at the moment. And I wish I had almost every one of them back, because many have doubled in value and they're still going up. I'm not talking some crappy plastic gun. I mean classic S&w revolvers and no longer produced semi auto's. I have one Garand now, a mostly correct HRA. I got it from the CMP for $650. The value of these rifles are going up and up. You'll regret selling it. Mine will be given to my son. And I'm getting ready to order another before the new year.

Used in war or not, these ARE military issue. And as for 6 million made so they're not rare, how many never made it home from WW II, Korea, or are still in south Korea not allowed to come home thanks to our president. There sure ain't 6 million in existence anymore.

 

[B!ngoFuelUSN]

This is not a WTS or Ill Take it thread, paws off

Anyway, I'm thinking of unloading my M1 Garand and getting out of 30-06 Entirely. Here's my reasoning.

It's an interesting rifle, obviously it has the very cool historical aspect about it, but shooting it just doesn't do it for me like with other rifles. I've gotten a little more pragmatic about shooting with age. What was a piece of history to me before now is a powder hungry semi auto that throws brass into oz and uses those ever more expensive .308 projectiles. Plus I do not find it to be anything terribly special in the accuracy department.

I don't particularly enjoy reloading for it and I don't shoot it very much because of this. Do you think it's worth keeping as an investment piece or just unload it and get something more interesting out of it? Talk me out of it.

Reading the OP's comments, it seems like he's answering his own question. Many others on this thread are responding from their POV, but the OP shouldn't feel obliged to mimic theirs but instead to factor only his own.
From the description, there is virtually no historic value in this particular gun. It's merely a copy of some others with historic value so it wouldn't give me a sense of Omaha beach if I had it in my safe; any more than my M4's giving me a sense of the sacrifices in Viet Nam.
I'd suggest that the OP follows his heart and mind and sell the gun while the market for them is reasonably strong. With so many out there, this one lacking history, and the population of people who will be moved by it's role in history continuously shrinking, there may be no better time to sell it.
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[ApacheCoTodd]

Reading the OP's comments, it seems like he's answering his own question. Many others on this thread are responding from their POV, but the OP shouldn't feel obliged to mimic theirs but instead to factor only his own.
From the description, there is virtually no historic value in this particular gun. It's merely a copy of some others with historic value so it wouldn't give me a sense of Omaha beach if I had it in my safe; any more than my M4's giving me a sense of the sacrifices in Viet Nam.
I'd suggest that the OP follows his heart and mind and sell the gun while the market for them is reasonably strong. With so many out there, this one lacking history, and the population of people who will be moved by it's role in history continuously shrinking, there may be no better time to sell it.
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Not completely correct.

"Do you think..." + "Talk me out of it" are direct solicitations for other's points of view.

And no historic value? Really? Beretta barrels were authentic rebuild items of Korean used up guns.

Pork Chop Hill
The Chosin Reservoir
Three "Battles of Seoul"
The Inchon landing
The defense of the Pusan Perimeter
Outpost Harry
Heartbreak Ridge


It's quite a pity that this firearm is relegated to "unhistoric" and consequently devalued by any American.

 

[M1key]

You forgot "Gran Torino". Clint was all business...LOL

sorry

M

 

[Whacked]

I was in the same shoes. Sold a rifle cause it just didn't do it for me. Fast forward several years later and i now regret it.
Unfortunately to get another i would spend nearly 4x what i originally paid and sold it for. Cant justify spending that amout of change for a rifle.

So i say keep it. The value of a garand is going nowhere but up

 

[Comrade Mike]

Dude, it's not a bench rest rifle, and unless you or some previous owner trashed the barrel (e.g., damaged the muzzle crown), it will be more accurate than you are and certainly "combat accurate," which was the level of accuracy it was intended to provide the GIs humping it.

Would you sell a piece of Omaha Beach?

Even if you never shoot it again, clean your M1 thoroughly, grease it up, and keep it in your family as the piece of storied, blood-soaked history and the much-needed teaching aid that it is.

I promise you the rifle does not shoot better than I do, speak for yourself . I spent a good part of my late teens and early twenties as a precision air gun and small bore shooter and was quite accomplished at it. I'm more than capable of shooting a platform to its full capability.

I think I'll end up keeping it around. Leave it at my parents in the safe greased up with the can of Greek 30-06 I have left. I'm not hard out for cash so what the heck.