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I'd love an M1 carbine, but I'm my opinion, the price is a bit high. I'll stick with my parts correct '42 Springer.
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I'd love an M1 carbine, but I'm my opinion, the price is a bit high. I'll stick with my parts correct '42 Springer.
Looks like your wood matches. From my photo it doesnt.You showed me yours, so I guess I should show you mine....
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Hubba-Hubba!You showed me yours, so I guess I should show you mine....
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If the seller has barrel measurements that would help you determine value. Doing some of your own research would be better than I could tell you. Using a .30-06 round put bullet first in the end of the barrel is a pretty good indicator of muzzle condition. There should be, in my estimation, about a 1/4" of bullet above where it stops going into the muzzle. If the bullet goes in all the way to the rim of the case, pass on the gun.Please school me on the H& R M1 Garand! I know nothing about them. May have an opportunity to pick one up.
So I've heard. From some reading it's not an uncommon modification, and competition shooters do quite a bit with them from what I read.I have one in original 30-06, converted the second one to .308, both S.A.
that way I share ammo with the M1A
a .308 Garand is a pleasure to shoot
I used to have an FFL, and remember buying Russian sks for 79.99Long ago, I thought about the conversion of one of my Garands to .308W. Yup....back then.....just getting 30-06 ammo was really hard and expensive (even if you could find surplus).
So, I bought a barrel in .308W.
The project lost steam when reasonably priced surplus of Greek HXP from the CMP became available in large quantities. Yup....I bought it and stacked it deep.
Those were the "Good Ol Days". But I guess that some here will probably disagree and tell us about even cheaper ammo days.
Yeah....
You probably don't want to know about CMP Garand prices. Or what the DMC was doing prior to the CMP becoming the source for Garands.
Aloha, Mark
Yep, those were the days for sure. 192 round sealed tins of HXP M2 ball, in M1 clips and bandoliers, IIRC less than $50 per tin, delivered? Excellent ammo too. It's been a long time so my memory could be faulty.The project lost steam when reasonably priced surplus of Greek HXP from the CMP became available in large quantities. Yup....I bought it and stacked it deep.
I'll tell you what, those prices on Field and Service grade M1s are dirt cheap to someone like me. Gunbroker had many M1s with the hang tags hanging on them for proof of authenticity, and the dates were just a month or so before it was put up on gunbrokers for twice, or more than twice, the price from CMP.You probably don't want to know about CMP Garand prices. Or what the DMC was doing prior to the CMP becoming the source for Garands.
I was told that my stock is legit and worth some bucks, which is why I went to the trouble to make her parts correct and believable.Looks like your wood matches. From my photo it doesnt.
my barrel ruined my rifle for any collectors value, it has a Douglas air gauged 6 groove med weight .308 barrelHubba-Hubba!
I've got a Service Grade coming. I should be getting the notice of receipt of order soon, supposed to be 8-12 weeks. It's past that some now. CMP stopped taking orders for service grade 2 weeks after they should have received my order.
If the seller has barrel measurements that would help you determine value. Doing some of your own research would be better than I could tell you. Using a .30-06 round put bullet first in the end of the barrel is a pretty good indicator of muzzle condition. There should be, in my estimation, about a 1/4" of bullet above where it stops going into the muzzle. If the bullet goes in all the way to the rim of the case, pass on the gun.
Here's some reading...
You can likely swap the barrel back to '06. Mine was converted, only change was the barrel.my barrel ruined my rifle for any collectors value, it has a Douglas air gauged 6 groove med weight .308 barrel
but it sure does shoot!!
no, I would rather have a shooter than a collectorYou can likely swap the barrel back to '06. Mine was converted, only change was the barrel.