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No offense but weren't you just bitching about the CMP "hitting the bottom of the barrel"?
No offense taken.
What you perceived as bitching was just mild disappointment on my part because the number of nice guns to chose from
is declining. It has been my experience during previous visits to the south store that there were better guns to choose from. I have been going there since they opened for business and never left there disappointed... until now.
Yes, Orest did say the Winchester Garands weren't in the best of condition. I still had hopes of finding something on the shelf that wasn't as rough as he made them out to be. Of course that wasn't the case.
The "specials" are beautiful guns if you want a nice shooter. I collect vintage/relic firearms so the specials don't interest me. Still, they are very nice guns.
I have not given up on the CMP and will continue to go there until they have run out of guns. I need a Winchester Garand to round out my collection and will eventually get one.
Have you been to the South Store? If not you owe it to yourself to make a visit.