CMP Carbines come in several grades of condition. CMP sometimes sells barrels only too. The CMP M1 Carbines have been repaired if necessary, head spaced for safety, and test fired for functionality.
CMP does have some junk guns, but they are the 30-40 Craigs and are sold as displays only.
No, the Carbines aren’t Garands, but they don’t have the Garand price. They are fun to use to punch holes in paper and Javelinas.
Also, they beat a baseball bat if someone is breaking into your home. 30 shots as fast as you can pull the trigger speaks pretty loudly to a burglar, even if they are all misses.
That’s one of the things I’ve always liked about it. It will fire as fast as you can pull the trigger.
When it’s machined to go full auto, it’s like 700-900 rpm.
That’ll chew through a 30 rnd clip pretty quick!