M1 Garand guys step in! - Page 2 - The Vette Barn Forum

RedLS1GTO · 02-22-2012, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 69camfrk

I will shoot this gun,but buying it mostly for collector purposes, I probably won't shoot it much.

That's one of the best parts of a Garand... you can shoot the hell out of it and you aren't going to lose much (if any) collector value.

I didn't plan on shooting mine much either but of all the guns I own, it is hands down, without a doubt, the most fun to shoot... and deadly accurate.

Fastguy · 02-22-2012, 10:05 PM

One of my favorite guns. CMP purchased H&R Garand.

Fastguy · 02-22-2012, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by 69camfrk

No problem. In hindsight I kinda wish I would have ordered a few more. It looks good in the display. Seriously, I'm tickled pink with the rifle. I wonder how many people in the barn own these guns or other war guns. I like history and it makes me feel like I have a handfull of it. Not being able to sit still for long I will eventually get some type of the Springfield M1A. These types of rifles draw me like a moth to a flame!

Uncle Pervey, R.I.P. was very knowledgeable and had a nice collection. Somewhere there is a thread we had going about milsurp rifles.

Fastguy · 02-22-2012, 10:14 PM

Couple of others.

Czech K98 8mm Mauser, Yugo M24/47 8mm Mauser

Austrian Steyr M95

Saginaw M1 Carbine.

Russian Mosin Nagant M44 carbine and 91/30

boracayjohnny · 02-22-2012, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 69camfrk

I look at it as an amazing piece of history as well as a tool that defended us against tyrants. The bravest men in the world ran into battle with these rifles ensuring we could at least for a while, enjoy the exact freedoms they were there fighting for. I will shoot this gun,but buying it mostly for collector purposes, I probably won't shoot it much.

We are very fortunate to be a couple of generations behind our forefathers. Hopefully we have listened to them and have held their advice close by

My dad said it was from WWII and a 30.06. Wtf do I know, I'm a typcial AF guy who qualifies once every two years.

boracayjohnny · 02-22-2012, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Fastguy

Couple of others.

Czech K98 8mm Mauser, Yugo M24/47 8mm Mauser

Austrian Steyr M95

Saginaw M1 Carbine.

Russian Mosin Nagant M44 carbine and 91/30

Dayum George, you sure have a nice gun collection for being a Yankee from MA.

Jeff '79 · 02-22-2012, 10:27 PM

Yep....Some dayum nice guns in this thread.....

Fastguy · 02-22-2012, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by boracayjohnny

Dayum George, you sure have a nice gun collection for being a Yankee from MA.

...and those are just the milsurp rifles.
Us "Yankees from MA" have a bit of history with this sort of thing.

boracayjohnny · 02-22-2012, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Fastguy

...and those are just the milsurp rifles.
Us "Yankees from MA" have a bit of history with this sort of thing.

Mind...blown.

Fastguy · 02-22-2012, 11:35 PM

See, when you do that in MA, you're called a Patriot. When you do that in the Phillipines, you're called an indigenous savage. I'm surprised you whitey's don't get beat up more over there.

boracayjohnny · 02-22-2012, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Fastguy

See, when you do that in MA, you're called a Patriot. When you do that in the Phillipines, you're called an indigenous savage. I'm surprised you whitey's don't get beat up more over there.

That's why, often on the street, we're called Joe Give Me Money Joe, Joe.

bryanZ06 · 02-23-2012, 06:07 AM

Congrats on the purchase! My M1 is probably the most fun to shoot rifle that I own. I made the trip over to the CMP a couple of years ago for my HRA. I'd love to add an IH to the collection as well.

69camfrk · 02-23-2012, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Rotorhead

Where did you get it? I want one. I think all Marines want one.

I bought it from a collector here in town. It came from CMP in 2005. Unless he has sold it already, he has a beautiful Danish return one with the VAR barrel in a new CMP stock. Not quite as collectible, but VERY nice.

Yamma · 02-23-2012, 06:38 AM

Very nice! I've been wanting an M1 ever since I recovered my grandad's Arisaka rifle at the farm back in '04.

nhlgopens · 02-23-2012, 07:20 AM

Yep - that's one for the bucket list.

RedLS1GTO · 02-23-2012, 07:51 AM

I have to post more pics... just cuz!

My 1942 Springfield: All correct with the exception of a Type II sight (needs a Type I) and the sling (1945)

Friend's D-Day commemorative Springfield:

The m1903 in the case in the previous post was an original 1906 build with a June 1942 arsenal rebuild. The Garand was a June 1942 original build. Who knows... they might have been on the same ship crossing the ocean at 1 point.

allthrottleandsomebottle · 02-23-2012, 08:31 AM

I got my pop one decades ago from an older friend.
My dad use to train with them in the early 50s and said "wish I had one again"

Complete #s matching IH model. Shoots nice

I would like to find one made by Beretta, I think that would be cool

VITE1 · 02-23-2012, 08:41 AM

RedLS1GTO · 02-23-2012, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by RedLS1GTO

My 1942 Springfield: All correct with the exception of a Type II sight (needs a Type I) and the sling (1945)

I have to correct myself.

I forgot to mention that as is sits it is not a correct barrel. I have an SA 1949 barrel on it right now but have the correct '42 ready to go on it when it gets retired to collector duty. The '42 barrel doesn't have a whole lot of life left in it.

Not that anybody really gives a damn... I just didn't want to put out anything that was untrue.

Bucwheat · 02-23-2012, 11:46 AM

I have always wanted one,did you get a good price?