M1 owners with CMP rifles will understand. I recently got my Field Grade Greek M1 Garand from the CMP and am very happy with it. I now have the go-ahead from my wife to buy another (they won't last forever you know) but it needs to be my last purchase for quite a while.
I am torn between a rack grade M1 from Denmark, less wood, and another Greek in rack grade (they're out of field grade, bummer ).
A Greek may have OK wood I'm not real picky) but not likely. A Dane is $100 less and I can probably buy decent wood and hardware with that, or $50 or so above that should buy a nice CMP set and hardware. I'm wondering about the comparable condition of the metal between the two.
You CMP M1 owners out there, your comments are appreciated. Anyone buy either recently? What are they really like? I'm very happy with my field grade, I got a good one. Are the rack grade rifles that much more beat up? Do the Danes generally have a lot of foreign parts? I'm something of a purist but quality and potential accuracy matter to me than all US parts.
Added: The order goes out tomorrow or Monday at the latest.
I am torn between a rack grade M1 from Denmark, less wood, and another Greek in rack grade (they're out of field grade, bummer ).
A Greek may have OK wood I'm not real picky) but not likely. A Dane is $100 less and I can probably buy decent wood and hardware with that, or $50 or so above that should buy a nice CMP set and hardware. I'm wondering about the comparable condition of the metal between the two.
You CMP M1 owners out there, your comments are appreciated. Anyone buy either recently? What are they really like? I'm very happy with my field grade, I got a good one. Are the rack grade rifles that much more beat up? Do the Danes generally have a lot of foreign parts? I'm something of a purist but quality and potential accuracy matter to me than all US parts.
Added: The order goes out tomorrow or Monday at the latest.