selling a Garand...

I guess every rifle is a different puzzle. I found my M1 to be very entertaining. Especially after installing the thinner match front blade. Metal 18x18 inch gong was not safe at 600 meters from a prone position. Once used loading single rounds at a time for an 800 meter match on paper targets, with acceptable results. And recently up to 750 meters again on steel, with an expectation of 30-50% (some people even better like stevesummit!) hits from the prone again.

IMO, I call this very accurate for a iron sighted battle rifle. Mind you, it was last refurbrished in 1993 courtesy of the Danish Army. ;)
 
There will always be some regret in selling a Garand, but regret often fades.

I have sold four Garands and I only sometimes regret the sale of one. The one that bothers me was truly unique as the serial number placed it in the first month of production and thus it can likely never be replaced. I also sold it on the CGN exchange and sometimes I feel responsible for raising Garand prices. I was the first one to sell a Garand for close to the 2k mark when most were selling for $800. I took a lot of heat at the time by other members, but eventually everyone started asking 1k + for their Garand. It could have been converted to the old gas system, but at that time parts were hard to come by, now it would be relatively easy (due to high quality repro parts).

Since then I have also picked up three more Garands (M1D Sniper, 1944 Springfield and 1943 Springfield).

The 1943 Springfield was in rough condition for $800 and purchased in 2014 and I recently sold it at a show only two weeks later making an entry level collector quite happy.

Garands are neat, they get in your blood and they can almost always be replaced - you just might need to pay more.
 
They get into your blood. I am looking at a thinner front sight for mine. I am sure glad I went nuts when I found a drum of en bloc clips and bought as many as I could afford at the time. Will never be a shortage of bloc clips for me. I absolutely love taking new shooters and even some older shooters who have no idea what the rifle is. (What is THAT. Really. A garand! Can I try. THIS IS SO COOL. ). Is what I usually get.

Then they usually start a crippling collection in milsurps.
 
CODFan said:
I had both the Tavor and the Garand at the range today.

Guess which of the two got the most "attention" from other shooters ........

Yup the Garand.
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This is interesting as I've recently pretty much finished setting up my money pit...err...Tavor the way I like it. :D And I have a Garand receiver sitting in my closet waiting for time/money/parts. I'm not really mechanically inclined so it's going to be a little tough getting it together. That being said, you guys have convinced me it's going to be worth my time and effort. :cool: I do get a little angry/frustrated when trying to source parts for it though.
 
Don't sell it. You will regret it. I did a 308 garand build and it is my hunting garand. It gets the most use at the range, my 30.06 versions, of which I have 4 are safe-queens.

Do the right thing and buy another garand :D
 
Weird trivia: I bought my first Garand from a recently returned 3 PPCLI soldier from the Former Yugoslavia. He was up to there fed up, and had his release in. He needed funds pronto for a welding course and I agreed to purchase it unseen with his word on it's condition. I paid his rather high asking price because I felt this soldier needed all the help he could get. Funny thing is, the last three digits matched the fighter squadron I was serving in as an AVN tech...........441. A crazy squadron that worked hard and played hard together, officers and NCMs. The big bonus, it was still in the packing grease and purchased from the importer, Lever Arms. I've owned it for about 16 years now and have yet to see another one with a better metal finish.

So what are the odds I ask about these last three digits??

lol
 
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Most people I know who had Garands and sold them mostly regret it because the price has gone up as opposed to having the gun itself. If the gun was worth 200$ they wouldn't care less but because they sold them for around 700 and they are now going for 1200+ they are unhappy.
 
sakonut said:
hey all... I was hoping to get some input from those who have sold their garands. I have seen quite a few on the ee over the last year or two, so i am assuming there a few of you out there... The million dollar question:

How much did you regret it?!?!

I love my garand, and love shooting it, but i have been thinking for the longest time about getting into one of the pricier black rifles (ie; tavor, xcr, etc) i find myself only taking the garand out on special occasions, not wanting to "wear it out" unnecessarily. I find the biggest pain being more or less stuck with handloading, and i absolutely loath time consuming case prep. And it is not really collectible sitting in a boyds stock, but its all springfield and nick at vulcan did a awesome job re-parkerizing it and tossing on an unissued '51 barrel.

My shooting buddies all think i am going to regret it immediately, but the way i see it, what good is a rifle if you dont take it out and beat it up once and a while?

Thoughts other than "sell it to me"? Haha
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buy an adjustable gas plug and shoot factory ammo to you hearts content.

Gary
 
When I was posted to a small town near my home town, I noticed an American goose hunter sitting out in his yard. I stopped and asked him if he was interested in older rifles. Oh yes, he sure was. After lunch, I took him and my old SA Garand out to a gravel pit. He was like a little kid at Christmas morning. He pledged to buy one the day he got back home!

I have that 1942 SA, a Breda and a Beretta. Once you fired a few clips out of a Garand, you are sunk.
 
There ain't no 'black rifle' that's anything like an M1 Rifle. Mind you, no rifle is. And you won't live long enough to wear one out. No 'black rifle' will ever be worth what an M1 Rifle is worth when that 'black rifle' is 70 plus years old. Even though your's has no collector value and never will, replacing it when the new pop gun gets boring will cost you a lot more.
If your case prep is taking a lot of time, you're doing something wrong. Loading for an M1, that you do to use better ammo not cost, is no different than loading for anything else other than FL resizing being required.
 
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