danish m1 garand

I have a 3 of the Dane Garands from CMP.
They are some of the best M1's around.
I have never heard a Garand savvy American bad mouth the Dane issued or Italian built Garands.
The operative phrase is " Garand savvy ".
Some US websites are infested with extremist morons who lack any connection to objective reality. Most of those clowns don't get out much -- so they post a
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lot and their pathetic rambings waste a lot of electrons .


Stick around & 'll tell you how I really feel.

;)
 
When I bought my Danish Beretta-made Garand ages ago, I had the choice of either a Beretta or a Winchester rifle. Other than a very dirty and dinged wood (I must have found half a bucket of sand under the butt plate), the rest of the rifle (metal parts) looked brand new on the Beretta. Very well machined and finished parts. The Winchester, on the other hand, seemed to have been made by hand, as with a blunt hand file that is. It had all of the masterful machine and finish jobs we've been so accustomed to by cheap Chinese guns; a very ugly looking gun. So, I went with Beretta and have been very happy with it.

The Irony of all this is that, due to the aforementioned morons who keep badmouthing the non US made Garands, that crappy looking Winchester is worth more than my good looking/good shooting Beretta today. But I couldn't care less, I bought it as a shooter (I shot my first deer with it) and I ain't selling it, so I'm not losing anything.
 
Maybe some apple and oranges stuff going on.
To clarify:
I really respect the folks who preserve the old original WW2 artifacts and work hard to increase the sum of knowledge about them. And I can't remember hearing a Garand-savvy advanced US collector/historian say anything bad about the quality the Dane issued or the Italian made Garands.
 
I love my Danish/ Breda (yup, the Crown and FKF markings are there). I love it so much that I converted this baby into a .308 with a Krieger barrel! :eek: Life is good. Yes, the Danish M1 Garands are a great buy. So what if nobody wants the Italian shooters? They are fantastic (read: more for us shooters) to hang on to and of course (here it comes) to watch "Band of Brothers" or "Pacific" on HBO! :evil:

Here is a pic of my Danish Breda and my buddy's Danish Breda. We just swapped the stocks out and also re-parkerized HIS M1 pride and joy! Have a look.... :D

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Other side of the 2 Breda M1's...

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What a super pair of boomsticks!!


:cheers:

Barney
 
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beretta made danish Garand

I was reading this thread and i just realized that my beretta garand was made for denmark. I buy this one about 15 years ago,metal was very good but i have refinished the wood because the finish was very worn. Tell me what you think about:)

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barrel is dated 1954
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receiver is marked FKF with danish crown and also the beretta marking P.B
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The stock have a sticker inside dated 1972, what does it mean?
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Any suggestion for reloads duplicating the 30-06 military load for a Garand? Thx
 
The sticker gives targetting/sight setting data for the rifle. Military M2 ball ammo uses a 150gr bullet. One well proven load for the Garand is a 150gr Hornady FMJBT over 48gr IMR 4064 or 47gr IMR 4895 with primer seated slightly below flush of the casehead on a FL resized case. COL is 3.280.
 
Very nice rifles.
Those can bring some significant money down here in the states. Very few ever made it in ( without being chopped , anyway ) before the Clintons blocked the planned importation. They seem to be popular in the northern states.
Personally , I've never seen one at a location that was over 6 or 7 hours from the border , but that's just me.
 
Prices are even higher than I thought .

Reese Surplus had some Italian Garands. There is one left -- looks like they sold for $1995 (USD ).
www.reesesurplus.com

The rifles are described as "... less than half an inch shorter than the US [ or any standard 30'06 ] M1 Garand." Sounds like the 7.62x51 Tipo 2 conversion.
 
campperrykid said:
Reese Surplus had some Italian Garands. There is one left -- looks like they sold for $1995 (USD ).
www.reesesurplus.com

The rifles are described as "... less than half an inch shorter than the US [ or any standard 30'06 ] M1 Garand." Sounds like the 7.62x51 Tipo 2 conversion.
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reese is famous for "sticking it to the customer" even in the states, where the cmp is usually the best deal for m1, m1c, and a bunch of others-even my italian folder stock they wanted 900 bucks for and that was WITHOUT the brace
 
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reese is famous for "sticking it to the customer" even in the states, where the cmp is usually the best deal for m1, m1c, and a bunch of others-even my italian folder stock they wanted 900 bucks for and that was WITHOUT the brace
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Could be , I dunno.
One way to look at the Reese thing is as a small part of the bigger puzzle: How many Typo 2 Garands made it across the Atlantic - and - stayed in one peice?
I suspect that genuine , original Tipo 2 conversions are at least a little hard to find ( for cheap ) in the states. Some collectors are willing to pay significant money for items that they believe will continue to appreciate at a high rate.
I own two put-together Tipo 2's , but those are just nice shooting utility guns. IFAIK , Sarco made the kits mostly from odds & ends.
By pure luck I got the kits fairly early , when they were still quite cheap.
 
The Tipo 2 is a very nice 7.62. I built 2 of these on Breda receivers with NOS parts and they are a fine shooting rifle. The Italians used standard Garand barrels shortened 1/2" at the breech end and then re-chambered to 7.62. The barrels gauged like new and fit up very well with headspace in the green.
 
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