Poor man's M1 Garand options

I have, have built, and have had, a few garands there is nothing quite like them the 305/m14's are close but they are just not the same...

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H.K.Glock 007 said:
Hello all...

My cousin is looking for an M1 garand and cried when i told him the price.

I was wondering if there is a 'poor mans' alternative that would be worthy of sufficing until he has said funds for a real one.

I know 0.0 about these things thats why I posted the question. I did a 36 month search and I believe I am going to hear that a m14 and m305 are similar but I want to be sure.

Thanks
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Gobc said:
if its one thing I've learned, is if you settle for something you don't want, you'll never be happy. My advice is to start saving your pennies. It will be worth it in the end.
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This is great advice. If he wants a Garand, then he should buy a Garand. If he can afford a $450 M305, save up for a few months and drop the $1200-$1500 it will take to find a nice example. 2 years after the purchase he won't miss the money, but he will be able to enjoy the Garand every time he takes it out.


cadgo said:
^^ I hate you.
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+1. I wish I had known what I was missing back in the 90's when I could get one for a song. I bought mine 2 years ago for $850 with a spare stock and now even that looks like a bargain.


Mark
 
mmattockx said:
+1. I wish I had known what I was missing back in the 90's when I could get one for a song. I bought mine 2 years ago for $850 with a spare stock and now even that looks like a bargain.


Mark
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My first gun store purchase. M1 Garand from SIR for $250 in 1998. Wish I'd bought a case of them!

Those were the days!
 
I was going to straight trade a M1 garand for an M14S in 2007, then decided to give up on the deal because the guy I was dealing with was slow as molasses. I should've just hung on a little longer...
 
BigUglyMan said:
The M1 Garand is it. There is no comparison. All bow down to the King!
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quoted for truthiness.

I own a mini 30 (the only true garand style actions are .30 cal) and m14s and garand.

NOTHING is like the garand.
Yes, the action is similar
Yes, the sights are similar

key word is similar.
the mini rattles a little more, the m14s is a little sloppier, mini points and handles quicker, but nowhere near as accurate with it's pansy 7.62x39mm

the m14s has a big "donkey d*ck" mag sticking out the bottom and requires a good 2" flash hider to replicate any sort of ping like the garand. It also shoots the semi acceptible 7.62x51mm

the garand is tight, solid and very satisfying to shoot. More so than the other two, don't ask me why. Something about the first time you darn near get your thumb severed by the action just sings love.

my 0,02 - If your cousin wants a Garand, he wants a Garand. save,save,save. and make sure he can reload. Garands don't like modern ammo. (found that out AFTER mine was on the way. Don't risk too-hot-factory loads because you can't wait.)
 
All this, plus:

Don't forget to budget for reloading. Maybe not right away, but you will need to spend that money. If the intent is to actually shoot the thing!

Good luck on the hunt
 
Parabelum said:
Auto ordnance make a garand copy for 900 $ dont know if they ping.
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IIRC those are m1a1

.30 carbine - not garands. they wouldn't be able to keep them in stock if they were new mfg garands. and the price on the EE for old mismatches would have dropped.
 
I've shot a friend's M1 garand, what an amazing rifle! Kind of funny that my rounds on the paper were staggered as is you were looking at the mag after putting the rounds into it (I have it somewhere around the house).

Fun fact, the man who designed this beautiful rifle was Canadian! Wish I had one
 
olympia said:
svt 40
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I shot a friends SVT40 the other day. I was pleasantly surprised with it.
The recoil was not bad at all (2 port brake, 148 grain czech surp (?) ), sights were typical crude Russian stuff, but I found the profile of the recoil much more "sharp" than something like the garand or m14.
It snapped more like a cz 858 than anything.
The simplicity of the rifle causes it to lose points against the garand as well. Yes beauty can be found in simple things, but once you take the garand apart and learn the little things that make it tick (or boom/ping) it's a whole other ball game.
 
Sometimes a Garand will come up on the EE for under a grand. I sold one last year for 650. It didn't last 5 mins. I'm holding on to my current rifle. Won't ever sell this one. There isn't' a Poor man's Garand ot there. There's a world of diffence between a Chinese butchered M14 and a true work of art.
 
. There isn't' a Poor man's Garand ot there. There's a world of diffence between a Chinese butchered M14 and a true work of art.[/QUOTE]

Soooooooooo very true!!!
 
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