My dad went to one of the LGS an they had 4 m1 garands an he said two were springfields an the other 2 were smith an corona. I have done some research of garands and am waiting on one from the cmp but i have never heard of this manufacturer an did some googling an didnt find anything so what are these rifles an are they rare or very collectible? The price was 800$ for each one.

Um, no.

Smith Corona did make M1903A3 rifles for the US Army during WWII, but never M1 Garands.  The only 4 legitimate manufacturers of M1 Garands for the US Government were Springfield Armory, Winchester, Harrington and Richardson, and International Harvester.

Matt

If you a really lucky (not) you may run across a Garand that has been "fitted" with a 1903 barrel. When Garand parts were hard to get, some folks cut up surplus 1903 rifle barrels to fit onto the Garand.

So, I guess you could get a "Smith Corona Garand"

But as the previous poster said, only 4 companies made USGI Garands, look at the receiver heel by the serial number. Springfield Armory, Winchester for WWII. Springfield Armory, Harrington & Richardson, International Harvester after WWII.

Are you sure it wasn't a Santa Fe Garand?

If you are interested make sure it isn't a reweld.

this,

the ones I have seen have a noticeable sleeve at the rear or breech end of the barrel, (often an original garand barrel bored out to take a trimmed down 03 barrel)
and cut to the proper length, and splines cut to fit the gas cyl,

shot well too,