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Yippy < I found an M1 Springfield for 400.00 The bore is mint, ok 60 year old mint, she was built in 1942, I got her ripped apart and am in the process of refinishing her.. I am so happy I just had to share this with everyone

Cheers..
 
the guy i bought her from said that is what he paid for her 5 years ago, so he just wanted his money back , and I was much obliged
 
refinishing?! NOOOOO! Don't ruin a rifle that's potentially worth 600-800 bucks! If it's in half decent shape like you say it is, you're only going to ruin it. If you've got a serious refinishing bug, why not take something with little collector value like a Norico M-14, or Breda or Baretta M1, and go to town? I know a lot of people that would like to string up someone that dinks with an unmolested garand...post this in the Milsurp forum to get an idea of just how many!
 
ollie said:
refinishing?! NOOOOO! Don't ruin a rifle that's potentially worth 600-800 bucks! If it's in half decent shape like you say it is, you're only going to ruin it. If you've got a serious refinishing bug, why not take something with little collector value like a Norico M-14, or Breda or Baretta M1, and go to town? I know a lot of people that would like to string up someone that dinks with an unmolested garand...post this in the Milsurp forum to get an idea of just how many!
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I REALLY doubt that a refinish will ruin any 'collectors' value of a far-from-rare Springer Garand. Do it and have fun with it!
 
Ollie is correct. Do not refinish that rifle. Depending on several factors, the stock set alone could be worth 300 bucks. LISTEN! The wood all by itself is potentially worth 300 Dollars. collectors do know the difference, and yes we do care about unrefinished rifles. Post some pics in the milsurp section and you will recieve some better advice. If you really want to refinish it, then go ahead- it is after all your property. However, do not believe for one second that you are not negatively affecting its value.
 
Never refinish a milsurp stock. If you think it looks grungy and just can't stand it, I'd recommend something a little less severe, perhaps some very light steel wool and a new coat of gun oil?
 
WW2GURU said:
I doubt it. There was WINCHESTER that went for $800.00 a couple days ago.
It sold in about 12 hours.
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Garands will never come down in price. Unless they are banned (in which case I would be VERY pissed, but that's another story).

5 years ago was the last time I attended the Syracuse (NY) gun show, the biggest in the US northeast (1,000 tables) and of course there are a TON of Garands at these shows, (held at the NY state fairgrounds in their largest building) many in BEAUTIFUL shape, but commanding (for the exceptional ones) anywhere from 8 bills (US of course) and up... and that was 5 years ago.

The Garand HAS to be THE epitome of the evolution of the combat rifle (yeah yeah, there was the MP44 and AK47 later, and all that crap, and don't bother posting that the upper slovenia baltic republic of anusastan had semi auto rifles back at the turn of the century).

The Garand was ahead of it's time during WWII.

As a trivia footnote, in talking with one of the fellas at the Syracuse gun show who was toting around a Garand with a "4 sale" flag sticking out of the bbl (yes, you can do that at these shows), he stated that he and some of his buddies are such huge Garand fans that one year, they drove up to St. Remi, QC, the birthplace of Jean Garand (correct spelling) and were stunned that there is absolutely no monument, no mention of him in the town, whatsoever.
Being that I was raised in QC, this did not surprise me at all.
 
freddo said:
As a trivia footnote, in talking with one of the fellas at the Syracuse gun show who was toting around a Garand with a "4 sale" flag sticking out of the bbl (yes, you can do that at these shows), he stated that he and some of his buddies are such huge Garand fans that one year, they drove up to St. Remi, QC, the birthplace of Jean Garand (correct spelling) and were stunned that there is absolutely no monument, no mention of him in the town, whatsoever.
Being that I was raised in QC, this did not surprise me at all.
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Wow I never knew that... I learned something new today. It's a shame Garand was not mentioned at all in his birth place but at least hes immortal in the US :)
 
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Speckfire said:
Wow I never knew that... I learned something new today. It's a shame Garand was not mentioned at all in his birth place but at least hes immortal in the US :)
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I feel a movement coming along :D

As Canadians(esp Quebecers who choose to deny themselves information and knowledge), we as a society should acknowledge the innovation of John/Jean Garand. His tool helped shape the course of the war, the battle ground.

Meanwhile........Quebecers/Montrealers be aware....while complete disacknowledgement of those like John Garand goes on, Montreal will rename Park Avenue as Robert Bourassa.... :rolleyes: Much the same way they renamed Dorchester to Rene Levesque. I'm sure however many lack the historical knowledge of what Lord Dorchester did and labelled him off as too British sounding.


oops---that was a tangent and a half....
 
cancer said:
Never refinish a milsurp stock. If you think it looks grungy and just can't stand it, I'd recommend something a little less severe, perhaps some very light steel wool and a new coat of gun oil?
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Little sidenote...gun oil is for gun metal, not gun stocks. Get some BLO (boiled linseed oil) if you want to spruce that stock up. BLO would be original finish on them stocks....
 
what i did

ollie said:
So Joe, what did you wind up doing with your Garand?!
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so what i did to her was find the date she was made and it came back as a 1942 september model from springfield arms ver.

I hand sanded the stock and re blued the metal parts. the forward stock was very dark in color and now it all looks the same, I didnt sand that much out of her as the pitings and dings in the stock are still visable. but she looks much better now. I will try and get some pics of her later this week
 
joepup said:
so what i did to her was find the date she was made and it came back as a 1942 september model from springfield arms ver.

I hand sanded the stock and re blued the metal parts. the forward stock was very dark in color and now it all looks the same, I didnt sand that much out of her as the pitings and dings in the stock are still visable. but she looks much better now. I will try and get some pics of her later this week
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Surplus rifle down! Requesting reinforcements!!!
 
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