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OR a M-1 garand, which over a 100 rounds shoots faster, as it's quicker to reload, has better range & is available for FAR less $$$$$$$.

also 3006 is AVAILABLE, even at 7-11 stores; 7.62 nato/.308 winchester isn't nearly as common in small towns.

my pet Danish SA/SG garand grades as "un-fired/un-issued" & cost me 400 clams (FROM cmp!) & a lot of elbow grease on the stock.

FRee dixie,sw

OR a M-1 garand, which over a 100 rounds shoots faster, as it's quicker to reload, has better range & is available for FAR less $$$$$$$.

I like the idea of having a Garand and a M1A and I certainly can't argue about the difference in the money. Especially when writing about the magazines needed for the M1A. Those are running around $50 a piece. There really isn't that much of a difference between range and I think the CMP Garands need a lot of work to compete with a out of the box M1A. Quicker to reload can go to the M1A easily. You don't have to dismount from the shoulder to load a M1A and that's ignoring the smaller amount of mag/clip changes. I can also find more surplus 7.62 before I can find a military supplier of 30-06. It's close but the edge is to the 7.62. I'm also finding more 7.62 brass on the ground much more than 30-06.