M305 or M1 Garand? Can't decide.

FastFord58 said:
If the one on the EE for $1600 was chambered in .30 06 rather than .308, then I would make on offer on it. $1500 is the upper end of what I want to spend. I have seen some nice ones go for $900, so for $1500 it had better be pretty nice.
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Holy sheep berries:eek::eek::eek: Is that what they're going for these days?

I should have bought a sea-can full, forget a case of them! Oh the days of the $250 Garand!

And, as an aside, if you buy a Garand in 308, your #### will drop off, then leap up and slap you in the face! Thrice!
 
BigUglyMan said:
Holy sheep berries:eek::eek::eek: Is that what they're going for these days?

I should have bought a sea-can full, forget a case of them! Oh the days of the $250 Garand!

And, as an aside, if you buy a Garand in 308, your #### will drop off, then leap up and slap you in the face! Thrice!
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That's what I heard!
 
I used to have an M1 Garand, and I loved shooting it. However, I have since traded in for an M305, and don't regret the decision. The main factor for me was, there is a much greater wealth of knowledge in Canada (and on this forum) with respect to the M305. Also, because M1A's are still manufactured, there are many quality aftermarket parts available. There are many gunsmiths and experts around on the M305, but very few on the Garand (in Canada).
 
TexasGunner said:
I used to have an M1 Garand, and I loved shooting it. However, I have since traded in for an M305, and don't regret the decision. The main factor for me was, there is a much greater wealth of knowledge in Canada (and on this forum) with respect to the M305. Also, because M1A's are still manufactured, there are many quality aftermarket parts available. There are many gunsmiths and experts around on the M305, but very few on the Garand (in Canada).
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As a Canadian owning Garands for only about nine years I find the corporate knowledge available on the internet regarding Garands is pretty flush myself. Certainly this is equally so for any M305 and such. The crunch comes to the supply of small parts over international boundaries.
With excellent technical manuals around such as Kuhlhausen's, one can become your own Garand 'expert' IMO. But since 9-11 fewer and fewer M-14 copy parts are availeable from the vast small parts supplies from our southern neighbours. Garand parts are presently not subject to strict controls from the USA unlike M305/M1As and such. These are subject to stricter ITAR control. Thankfully this is not so for the historical Garand. My opinion is a bit different than yours. ;)
 
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I'm completely indecisive.

I have a Garand.

I'm building an M305 with all US GI parts except receiver.

And for in between I have finally got around to building a Tanker Garand in 308 with a folding stock.....

Does that mean my #### AND balls will fall off ??
 
ALWAYS BUY THE RARER GUN FIRST.

Heed my advice. To hammer it home, let me mention that my first handgun was a Norinco 1911 instead of a P38. Now the P38s, while still not rare, are more expensive and I still want one.
 
Sakonut said:
I was wondering why this was happening with my garand with this ammo.... Any explanation why this happens?
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Excessive bolt battering (bolt slamming into back of reciever too hard) if it only happens with hot ammo. If it happens with M2 ball or similar it can be a worn clip latch spring or a combination of worn action parts.

FastFord58 said:
Will brownells ship gas plugs up here?
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Yes, last time I checked. Strangley my Mccann plug was not listed as a firearm part at the time but the Shuster was. You may want to check if that is still the case as the f**ktards down there keep dreaming up more dumb s**t to prevent us from buying stuff from the US. Like ITAR and classifying stuff as SME.
 
4b1t said:
I'm completely indecisive.

I have a Garand.

I'm building an M305 with all US GI parts except receiver.

And for in between I have finally got around to building a Tanker Garand in 308 with a folding stock.....

Does that mean my #### AND balls will fall off ??
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You don't want to know what your #### and balls are going to do to you for the double felony of a 308 Garand and only one M14!:D
 
Update: Bought a very nice 1954 SA Garand! Awesome rifle. So happy I went with the Garand.

Thanks again everyone for your input.
 
Brutus said:
As a Canadian owning Garands for only about nine years I find the corporate knowledge available on the internet regarding Garands is pretty flush myself. Certainly this is equally so for any M305 and such. The crunch comes to the supply of small parts over international boundaries.
With excellent technical manuals around such as Kuhlhausen's, one can become your own Garand 'expert' IMO. But since 9-11 fewer and fewer M-14 copy parts are availeable from the vast small parts supplies from our southern neighbours. Garand parts are presently not subject to strict controls from the USA unlike M305/M1As and such. These are subject to stricter ITAR control. Thankfully this is not so for the historical Garand. My opinion is a bit different than yours. ;)
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I believe that Garand parts are controlled export from the US just like m14 parts are.
 
crashcollins said:
I believe that Garand parts are controlled export from the US just like m14 parts are.
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I'm not saying you're wrong & I'm not saying you're right. I do know for a fact that in 2002, I received a large order of surplus Garand parts (easy to get then) from Brownells and the semi auto M-14/M1A parts were off limits then.
The import/export laws could have changed since this timeline.
 
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