Garand Unpacking Party At The CMP (45 Pictures--Dial Up Warning)

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Posted: 2/26/2006 11:00:10 AM EDT

CMP Unpacking the Greek Garand shipment.....

HOLY CRAP!!!! Imagine being able to pick out the new in wrap guns out of this lot and buy them. The CMP auctioned off one of the new-in-wrap-Garands a few weeks ago and it went for something like $25,000.

NOTE: The original link that I posted with the 45 pics was shut-down (guessing to many hits from AR15.com). Luckily I had downloaded all the pics, so I uploaded them and posted them all in the original post in this thread. Enjoy!

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:02:16 AM EDT

[#1]

Wow!!

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:03:26 AM EDT

[#2]

Ahhh, I can almost smell the wood, steel, and cosmoline!

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:03:39 AM EDT

[#3]

I have wood!

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:03:43 AM EDT

[#4]

I have a chubby.

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:04:40 AM EDT

[#5]

Nice!

Were they all auctioned off for $25k, or was that just a special one?

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:04:43 AM EDT

[#6]

Holy shit.

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:05:19 AM EDT

[#7]

Nice

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:07:31 AM EDT

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Posted: 2/26/2006 11:07:35 AM EDT

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Posted: 2/26/2006 11:08:36 AM EDT

[#10]

Now THAT is cool!!!!

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:09:52 AM EDT

[#11]

I just cross-posted it to the M1 forum.
Mods, don't move this.
Way too cool of a thread.

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:10:52 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Nice!

Were they all auctioned off for $25k, or was that just a special one?

If my memory serves me correctly, it was a new in wrap and mint Springfield Armory, all original (never been refurbed), and it was a WWII serial number. I believe most of the new in wrap guns they found were post WWII manufacture.

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:11:12 AM EDT

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Everyone of those guys has a parts stash that you wouldn't believe also.

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:25:46 AM EDT

[#14]

I would love to buy a few of those Garand crates!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:32:31 AM EDT

[#15]

Wow....and I use to think crates of SKSrifles was cool.

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:34:17 AM EDT

[#16]

Ahh, looks like the GCA volunteer tour. Too bad this event will never repeat itself. The amount of rifles the GCA members 'processed' was a benefit as they removed quite a backlog.

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:34:58 AM EDT

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I would love to buy a few of those Garand crates!!!!!!!!!!!

They used to have crates at the north store now and then, not sure if that is still the case?

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:40:14 AM EDT

[#18]

schwing

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:43:37 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
If my memory serves me correctly, it was a new in wrap and mint Springfield Armory, all original (never been refurbed), and it was a WWII serial number. I believe most of the new in wrap guns they found were post WWII manufacture.

Where did they "find" these ?

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:47:43 AM EDT

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When was this? I thought they stopped those events a couple years ago?

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:48:53 AM EDT

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Quoted:
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If my memory serves me correctly, it was a new in wrap and mint Springfield Armory, all original (never been refurbed), and it was a WWII serial number. I believe most of the new in wrap guns they found were post WWII manufacture.

Where did they "find" these ?

Boating accident?

I would like to get ahold of one of those crates.

Posted: 2/26/2006 11:59:04 AM EDT

[#22]

Thanks for posting this TacticalStrat !

( Hastily filling out my CMP paperwork)

Posted: 2/26/2006 12:30:46 PM EDT

[#23]

BEE-YOU-TEA-FULL

Posted: 2/26/2006 12:38:52 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
Quoted:
If my memory serves me correctly, it was a new in wrap and mint Springfield Armory, all original (never been refurbed), and it was a WWII serial number. I believe most of the new in wrap guns they found were post WWII manufacture.

Where did they "find" these ?

The 'new in the wrap' ones recently auctioned were returned from Greece.

Posted: 2/26/2006 12:39:56 PM EDT

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Quoted:
When was this? I thought they stopped those events a couple years ago?

This was the first and last large GCA/CMP event like this. Furthermore CMP has stopped all volunteer work even from individuals IIRC.

Posted: 2/26/2006 12:50:00 PM EDT

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If I had a crate of Garands like that I woudl ahve stakcs of three rifles (the pyramid by stackign swivel) all over my house

damn I need mroe garands

Posted: 2/26/2006 1:02:32 PM EDT

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Quoted:
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When was this? I thought they stopped those events a couple years ago?

This was the first and last large GCA/CMP event like this. Furthermore CMP has stopped all volunteer work even from individuals IIRC.

Why is that? Was there a pilferage problem? Interested to hear "the rest of the story".

Excellent photos, makes meh drool!

Posted: 2/26/2006 1:11:40 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/26/2006 1:13:17 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
Quoted:
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When was this? I thought they stopped those events a couple years ago?

This was the first and last large GCA/CMP event like this. Furthermore CMP has stopped all volunteer work even from individuals IIRC.

Why is that? Was there a pilferage problem? Interested to hear "the rest of the story".

Excellent photos, makes meh drool!

unfortunately, it had to do with liability insurance...

Posted: 2/26/2006 1:18:30 PM EDT

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Quoted:
Quoted:
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When was this? I thought they stopped those events a couple years ago?

This was the first and last large GCA/CMP event like this. Furthermore CMP has stopped all volunteer work even from individuals IIRC.

Why is that? Was there a pilferage problem? Interested to hear "the rest of the story".

Excellent photos, makes meh drool!

unfortunately, it had to do with liability insurance...

Ah, our litigious nature ruins yet another great tradition. I work with a doctor who is a Garand nut. He has made at least one trip to volunteer helping them. I'll email him and see if he's heard.

Thanks.

Posted: 2/26/2006 1:20:14 PM EDT

[#31]

Hah... I'm thinking, "why the hell is everyone wearing T-shirts?" I just bought my Garand at the north store last week and I wore my coat the whole time.

Posted: 2/26/2006 1:20:26 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
unfortunately, it had to do with liability insurance...

Too many payouts for Garand thumb ?

Posted: 2/26/2006 1:23:26 PM EDT

[#33]

drool!

The date on the pictures says 4/25 and 4/26 2003. Is that when this really happened, or is this definitely a recent event? Wonder how many total they got in - spectacular!

Posted: 2/26/2006 10:12:36 PM EDT

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Quoted:
drool!

The date on the pictures says 4/25 and 4/26 2003. Is that when this really happened, or is this definitely a recent event? Wonder how many total they got in - spectacular!

Definitely a past event.

There's a pic or 2 in there somewhere of a stack of Greek-return M1Cs and Ds.

Posted: 2/27/2006 4:37:22 AM EDT

[#35]

FYI: The original link that I posted with the 45 pics was shut-down (guessing to many hits from AR15.com). Luckily I had downloaded all the pics, so I uploaded them and posted them all in the original post in this thread.

Posted: 2/27/2006 4:41:00 AM EDT

[#36]

What's a good cleaner to get jizz off of a computer screen?

Posted: 2/27/2006 4:56:00 AM EDT

[#37]

That gives me like 9 kinds of wood!

Posted: 2/27/2006 6:13:22 AM EDT

[#38]

What was the total count? How many rifles in the shipment?

Posted: 2/27/2006 6:23:09 AM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
FYI: The original link that I posted with the 45 pics was shut-down (guessing to many hits from AR15.com). Luckily I had downloaded all the pics, so I uploaded them and posted them all in the original post in this thread.

Thanks for taking the time to post em.

Posted: 2/27/2006 6:33:02 AM EDT

[#40]

That's a lot of Garands.

Posted: 2/27/2006 6:33:59 AM EDT

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Posted: 2/27/2006 6:39:37 AM EDT

[#42]

Actually it was a PAIR of 2 new in wrap Garands that went for $25K on the auction site.. they DID auction off ONE new in wrap that went for $13K. The CMP only had 59 new in wrap Garand (now down to 56. NONE were of WW-II vintage. The 3 that were auctioned off and the remaining 56 are in the 5mil serial number range......