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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For those who want a more common (and less expensive) Springfield or H&R-made Garand, CMP has them in Field grades for $650 with free shipping with Service grades being $750. Sales go to support marksmanship endeavors by the group.
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I am pretty damn sure back in the day, that had any of us asked the DI for ear protection he would have knocked us on our ass.
You know something we don’t? They sold out of HXP a while back and don’t have any surplus listed on the eStore?
Busted!
Damn keyboard forgot to include the word "had".
Do recall a recent email that mentioned a shortage, but figured I was in no particular hurry to restock.
No kidding...makes me laugh just to think about it...:)
Heh, I had to go back and check. Good Gosh, I got it in 2005 for $550 bucks...as I get older, I just lose all sense of time there. There has to be an upside to that, but I can’t figure out what it is!
Yea, I ordered my first one in early 2000 and paid $325 for it. At that time it was luck of the draw but I got a nice Springfield. I bought a rack grade Greek return in 2004, refinished it, rebarreled it, and gave it to my best friend as a thank you gift for his time in Iraq. I had about $500 in it.
Nice...that was a great gesture.
A good best friend...yep!
Pricey aren’t they?
CMP looks them over carefully, grades them & prices accordingly.
If you’re not a serious collector and don’t care if it has matching serial numbers, you can get a decent shooter for a fair price.
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