Looking for advice on an Garand M1D project

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For the better part of the last year I have been drooling over the very ###y M1D variant of the Garand. Well last weekend at a gun show here in the maritimes I came face to face with the object of my affections. And its price tag. WOW! There is no way I will be able to afford that anytime soon. I'm a recent college grad and not working yet. So...... I have come upon a plan to build a M1D from scratch.

Problem is, I know next to nothing about the gun. I have been able to find out that the M1D barrel is different in contour to fit the scope mount base and as such requires a different upper rear hand guard. And thats about the extent of my knowledge on the matter.

To whom would I speak about this or what books are good on the subject? Where in canada can I source a M1D barrel or a Garand receiver? Perhaps there would be a better alternative that I have not considered? Parts such as a stock are widely available on the internet as are bolts and trigger groups from Numrich.

Please keep in mind that I want a shooter and originality of parts does not concern me. I would much rather shoot something I put together than an original survivor and I do not intend to sell this as something it is not.
 
Get a job, save up cash and do it right. You will be much more satisfied in the end. Plus that rifle will keep increasing in value. Think of it as a post grad investment.
 
Recce21 said:
Get a job, save up cash and do it right. You will be much more satisfied in the end. Plus that rifle will keep increasing in value. Think of it as a post grad investment.
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Sound advice. A good basic Garand to build on will cost $1000. The sum of the parts to build a Garand will cost more nowadays. Genuine GI M1D barrel , M84 scope, scope mount, flash hider, and cheeckpiece will cost another $2000 anyway. Repros of all of these, except the barrel, are available for about half the cost. Then there are import issues and the costs of necessary tooling and gauges to assemble the rifle to consider.

Should you build one this way the cost will exceed that of an original M1D and you are still left with a clone of sorts, repros being repros. If you get a bona-fide M1D barrel and all the other original parts and install them on any of a Springfield, Winchester, IHC, or HRA receiver, you will have replicated an issue M1D. All M1Ds were made as rebuilds of existing rifles.

Who knows, if the economy heads for sh$t the way it looks, the real thing may become more available and cheaper, as long as you have a bag of gold set aside.;) There are numbers of them in private hands and they do pop up at shows and in the EE at times.

There is a lot of reference material in print and on the 'net on Garands. You can start right here with a search of this forum.
 
I got a 555 code M1D barrel not too long ago for $450 in very good condition but that is around the cheapest I would expect to see one, giving my opinion of value.
Cosmetically...awesome...bore shows a bit of wear.
 
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