Posted on 03/12/2018 12:34:26 PM PDT by PROCON
A line of M1 Garands up for grabs at the CMP’s South Store in Anniston, Alabama. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
With a large cache of vintage M1 Garands recently repatriated back home from overseas allies, the Civilian Marksmanship Program has announced that some seldom-seen variants are now available.
In a statement issued Thursday, the federally chartered non-profit organized to support marksmanship activities nationwide said they had numbers of M1s made by International Harvester Company in stock. Long unavailable except for occasional small batches turned over by the Army, IHC Garands in both Field and Service grades are listed for sale through mail order on the CMP’s website. The rifles are priced at $980 and $1,080, respectively.
Of the more than 5 million Garands produced for the military, just 337,623 were made by IHC and most of those were sent overseas to U.S. allies in the 1950s and 60s, making the number in circulation in the U.S. limited. A myriad of IHC guns with minor differences such as “Postage Stamp,” “Gap Letter,” and “Arrowhead” variants further drives up collectibility on these late-model rifles.
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To order a rifle from CMP, you have to be a U.S. citizen, member of one of over 2,000 affiliated organizations or clubs, and show proof of marksmanship — the latter of which can be proved with a concealed carry license, hunter safety card or past law enforcement or military service.Any collectors here going to pick one up?
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Too pricey for my tastes.
I got a CMP Garand several years ago. Pretty sure I paid under $400 for it. These are a little out of my price range. Besides, for the most part, all of my guns are shooters, not safe queens.
Best deal in the market. The ones I have purchased from CMP have been extraordinary (I comment only because the government knows I bought them). Always attracts a crowd at the range. When I go prone on the 200yd range it transports me back to earlier times; and there is a 600yd range in my future. CMP also has great deals on surplus .06 ammo.
I got my IH Garand twenty five years ago from the CMP. Looks new. All IH parts except the trigger group which was Harrington and Richardson. Stock came without markings or stamps.
Yeah, they seem very pricey.
Thinkin’ it over...
Isn’t it a pig in a poke? You don’t know what condition/quality you get, until it arrives, right? Not even guaranteed to function, right? And having never fired one, I wouldn’t even know how to load it, or what parts are needed in order to try to use it. Seems like there’s a little metal piece that goes “ping” when you fire the last round, and it pops out and you can lose it. That’s all I “know” about it, except my WWII Marine dad loved it. So while I really like 30-06 and Garand styling, it seems too much of a gamble for me.
I’d rather have a nice fresh new rifle.
Wow, that seems steep pricewise! I bought mine probably five or six years ago from CMP and I think it was $450 or so.
I wonder why so expensive? Maybe because the demand is high and they know this will be the last batch maybe?
I am interested in getting a carbine and 1911, but if the price is that high for those...ugh!
I have three friends who have Garands, we went down to the range for Memorial Day one year, and when we were all firing...yeah, people look.
I can’t imagine what it was like to have 200 guys on a range all firing at once with those things...or in battle. No wonder a lot of those guys have hearing trouble!
I have a WWII era (issued during Korean conflict) M1 Carbine that is pristine, right down to the strap. Never fired in anger or used in combat, soldier carrying it was in Alaska. It was produced in Saginaw, MI.
I wonder what it’s worth.
Yeah, they're like portable time capsules (the government knows I have one, too). Love shooting at the 600yd targets. Some days, the match is delayed a bit due to low-hanging fog that has to burn off before the 600yd targets are visible. On those days, the first fifteen minutes or so of gunfire through the dissipating mist leaves visible tracks. I love pointing that out to younger shooters who may have never noticed it before.
I could buy an iPhone for that much money.....................if I could afford a cellphone................
I’ve ordered a dozen or so M1s from the CMP over the years and have never been disappointed. They will fix any problem you have with the rifle.
The little metal piece is the enbloc clip that holds the cartridges. They were meant to be disposable and there are millions laying around in European and Pacific battlefields. Since you won’t be on a battlefield, you just pick them up and reuse them.
Check the receipt date. They were selling for more than that 10 years ago. And demand is pretty high.
Some people are like that. I like to wonder how many GIs my rifle has been carried and cleaned by and what battles it might have been in.
LOL, if they were used by the French army...
(okay, that was a gratuitous zing for humor purposes...forget I said it!)
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