Greenfields
CGN Regular
- Location
- Lower mainland BC
when did Garands become $2500 rifles? Did I miss a cataclysmic event?
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- Thread starter Greenfields
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Kinda funny but I was thinking the same thing after looking at some M1 Garands. My Dad wanted one (he only has his possession license, so it would really be my rifle in my name) but after I told him of the prices they go for he was staggered. Of course he is coming from a time when they sold surplus Enfields out of barrels in hardware stores and the Garand was a common rifle so I can see his point.
I'll still have pick on up someday.
I'll still have pick on up someday.
They haven't been selling for $800.00 or less for a while now. The Breda's in good shape are $900 to $1,000.00. It is obviously supply and demand; with the demand outstripping the supply. I don't think they are quite at the $2,500.00 mark yet......yet.
Coyote Ugly
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Theres 2 ads for the $2500 Grand and one ad for a $2000 Grand.
Haiku Poem Time:
For 2.5 Grand,
It would be Grand,
If all the Grands sold,
Give your head a shake, ain't gonna happen!
They seem to be going in the $800-$1200 range nowadays. If you are planning to assemble the parts to build one plan on spending the about the same amount.
A sound stripped receiver to build on is $100. Good quality barrels are in the $300 range with another $150 for a stockset, $120 for a bolt, $125 for a trigger housing assembly, $100 for a gas cyl assembly, $70 for a rear sight unit, and $100 for an op rod. Then there are the various receiver internals, not to mention the cost of having someone do the barrel installation and maybe some parkerizing. The days of $250 Garands are long gone.
Coyote Ugly
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
The days of $250 Garands are long gone.
I'm going to go hug my $275 Districorp Extra-Extra-Extra Hand Picked Special Select (add $10) Winchester Garands now, from days gone by.
canucklehead
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Calgary, AB
There are two clowns selling ( for real) refurbished garands, who seem to think that they are worth 2000-2500. They are mental.
The other posts are simply jokes to show how crazy the other fools are.
If someone pays 2.5k for a refurb garand, they have more money than brains. Waaaaay more.
The other posts are simply jokes to show how crazy the other fools are.
If someone pays 2.5k for a refurb garand, they have more money than brains. Waaaaay more.
Personally I don't think the EE is the place for "jokes". Hopefully the Mods will take an extremely dim view of frivolous posts like those and deal with them accordingly.
