M1 garard experts?!

mike44325

mike44325

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Hello. Recently Ive aquired this M1. I dont know much about them. Just looking for some infor and an approx. Price range it fits into.






Numbers match on the reciever and the stock. Shot it tonight and it shoots very well. Has 15 clips. Thanks for any info.
 
More pictures would help , of receiver markings etc.. Also how is the bore and does the rifle operate and shoot decent ( I see you said it does). It looks like a Danish contract type rifle , Italian parts. The stock looks like it's that too. Could be a build too though.
Garands go for $1000-$1500 these days in decent condition and good working order. More desirable or mint examples are higher in value of course.
 
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Springfield receiver but some Italian parts like the bolt (bmb). Could be a build or contract rifle. Any markings on the barrel?
I'm not an expert on m1's but know a little , I have owned 2 in my time.
 
If you pull the oprod back to the locked position, you will be able to see barrel markings.
Definitely Danish beech stock. If you take it out of the wood, you might find a little Dane sighting sticker in the barrel channel.
Some PB and BMB parts so likely Dane.
 
Now, take it apart completely and get all the grease out of the magazine area, then grease up the appropriate parts. Garands as well as M-14 types do not like to run on oil, they prefer grease.

Scott
 
The Danes refurbished all of their M1 Garands before putting them into war stores, they were still using them until the mid 80's for the reserve take home weapons. You have a VAR barrel produced in 1966, it's considered match grade in the USA, if they can get them. IIRC they were lend lease so not a lot of them made it back, hence why there are more in Canada then in the states. You also have a late war manufactured rifle, these were the first ones the Danes received before switching over to Italian producers. This rifle has been places and has lots of history. The dents you see on the righ hand side of the stock where you put the ammo in, is from the troops pushing the tips of the rounds into place in the enbloc clip before loading.
 
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